'tis
Americancontraction
Usage
See contraction.
Example Sentences
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But ’tis the holiday season, and our subject is the future of movie theaters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 9, 2025
While the holidays are still several weeks away, ’tis the season for year-end tax planning.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2025
As Caesar continued in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, “So in the world; ’tis furnish’d well with men, and men are flesh and blood.”
From Scientific American ● Aug. 25, 2023
This could be the day when, as he predicted, “All God’s children will be able to sing with new meaning, ‘My country ’tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing.’
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 8, 2021
We’re leaving the pub and Tommy the barman calls after us, You know what ’tis, Peter.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
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