ne'er
Americanadverb
adverb
Example Sentences
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She was such a sure thing In the year Nineteen Eleven Titanic we’ll raise her to the surface one day, and Prove to ourselves she ne’er knew, folly under heav’n.
From New York Times ● May 6, 2022
One high-level supervisor said Koutris had a reputation as a “lazy ne’er do well.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2022
Peter Quill, aka Star-Lord, is still a man plucked from Earth in the ’80s to live a ne’er do well life in space before cleaning up his act.
From The Verge ● Oct. 27, 2021
“We mean to make things over, / We are tired of toil for naught, / With but bare enough to live upon / And ne’er an hour for thought.”
From Washington Post ● Jul. 7, 2021
“I ne’er could make it,” she was saying.
From "Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry
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