'twas
Americancontraction
Usage
See contraction.
Example Sentences
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“And then ’twas put among the Dust / Upon the Closet shelves – .”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
How I wanted you but, sniff, sniff, ’twas not to be.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 21, 2023
A male voice in the cast parried with a hint of old-world courtliness: “Yet ’twas well sung, my friend!”
From New York Times ● Feb. 16, 2023
That Wasn’t a canal — nay, ’twas a hat.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 10, 2022
Now ’twas lit with torches, and sentries stood outside the front doors, jealously protecting the officers who slept within.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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