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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On one hand, Thou hast raised a hundred ambushes about us; on the other, Thou sayest to us: If ye put foot there, ye shall be caught by death.
From The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam by Khayyam, Omar
"There is a market cross, a church, a score or so of stone houses, a castle more or less in ruin, and a----" "A castle, sayest thou?" he interrupted excitedly.
From A Lad of Grit A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea in Restoration Times by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)
Thou sayest that thou dost not drink because one must die.
From The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam by Khayyam, Omar
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