'twas

[twuhz, twoz, twuhz]

1. contraction of it was.

'twas

/ twɒz, twəz /

contraction

1. it was

Usage

See contraction.

Example Sentences

Fortunately for Amorim i twas a risk that paid off as his team appeared to come through the Chelsea test unscathed.

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Accompanying the image was a rhyming post styled after ’Twas the Night Before Christmas, urging Tennesseans to call Lee’s office in protest: “‘Twas the week before Christmas, when all through the state, Tennesseans were begging Gov. Lee to stop with the hate.”

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His version nods to the location of MI5 headquarters in central London: "'Twas the night before Christmas when all through Thames House, not a creature was stirring, just the click of a mouse."

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In the voice over, Oldman reprises the role of his Slow Horses character Jackson Lamb - a spy in charge of a group of failed MI5 agents - beginning with the poem's famous words "'Twas the night before Christmas".

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Right now we’re in Christmas zone, so we’ll probably start revisiting the Christmas classics: There’s this animated movie from the ’70s that Rankin/Bass did called “’Twas the Night Before Christmas” that’s about a broken clock, essentially.

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