doth
Americanverb
verb
Example Sentences
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PRO TIP: As Shakespeare says in “King John”: “And oftentimes excusing of a fault / Doth make the fault the worse by the excuse.”
From Washington Post • Feb. 13, 2018
Doth he not skip in gladness like a young hart upon the hills?
From The New Yorker • Jun. 9, 2017
After his graduation in 1950, the brothers published “How Doth the Little Crocodile?,” the first of several mystery novels they wrote under the joint pseudonym Peter Anthony.
From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2016
For e’en though I have join’d rebellion’s ranks These many weeks and months, and gain’d respect Within their noble band, my scoundrel past Doth make its harsh demands upon my life.
From Slate • May 28, 2014
Doth the heart not dilate, the humors circulate?
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
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