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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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
"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)
Again, when thou sayest, Son, thou knowest, without doubt, that he has a Father.
From The Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Containing the Sermones Catholici, or Homilies of ?lfric, in the Original Anglo-Saxon, with an English Version. Volume I. by Aelfric, Abbot of Eynsham
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