sayest
Americanverb
Example Sentences
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JULIET: Thou sayest I’m a big fat round sun, is that what thou sayest?
From New York Times • Apr. 21, 2016
“What sayest thou, John? How goeth it? Are we near to the inn?”
From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli
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Ah, fair, sweet son, what is this thou sayest to me!
From Aucassin & Nicolette And Other Mediaeval Romances and Legends by Mason, Eugene
"As thou sayest," she said; and after a moment, bending over Percival like some mother above her child: "What awaiteth him?" she asked.
From The Happy Warrior by Hutchinson, A. S. M. (Arthur Stuart-Menteth)
That Peter has the keys 'Tis now to all men clear.116 Thou say'st the doors self-open, And well thou sayest indeed; For by this very token He no other key doth need.
From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard
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