- a variation of doeth.
doth
Americanverb
verb
Example Sentences
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But she makes such heavy weather of Hermione’s speeches denying her infidelity—bringing a fiery righteousness and much volume to her lengthy protestations—that Gertrude’s famous phrase, “The lady doth protest too much,” rattled through my head.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
But it seemed to be an instance of “the chairman doth protest too much.”
From Salon ● May 5, 2026
“The lady doth protest too much, methinks,” she whispers of an overwrought performance shown on stage in the Shakespearean tragedy.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2025
The holy Church throughout all the world doth acknowledge thee:
From BBC ● May 5, 2023
So doth a man change from one moment to the next.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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