'twas

[ twuhz, twoz; unstressed twuhz ]

1. contraction of it was.

'twas

/ twəz; twɒz /

contraction of

1. it was

Usage Note

See contraction.

Example Sentences

Twas little respect they ever had for myself, and always said that I was only fit to be used for sausages, anyway.

From Project Gutenberg

Certainely!And from this prison twas the sonnes requestThat his deare father might interment haue.

From Project Gutenberg

Twas inevitable that they should pry and surmise––surmising much more than they dared pry.

From Project Gutenberg

Twas her way: thus in a flash to pass from nay to yea without mistrust or lingering.

From Project Gutenberg

Twas fallen into dusk: the hills were turning shapeless in the night, the glow all fled from the sky, the sea gone black.

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