essay
noun
a short literary composition on a particular theme or subject, usually in prose and generally analytic, speculative, or interpretative.
will essay
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future tenseof essay.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Your amateur is your only emperor for talent; There's not a genius in the universe Who will essay as much.
From When hearts are trumps by Thomas Winthrop Hall
Yet, though with mis’ry worn, I will essay My strength among you; for thy words had teeth Whose bite hath pinch’d and pain’d me to the proof.
From The Odyssey of Homer by William Cowper
“Sister Oliva, I will essay the little maid, by your leave.”
From The White Rose of Langley A Story of the Olden Time by Emily Sarah Holt
"At all hazards, I will essay it," he answered.
From The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Táin Bó Cúalnge by Joseph Dunn
To save him Trouble, I will essay a Sketch for him, in the Lapidary Style, tho' mostly in the Expressions, and everywhere in the Sense and Spirit of the Assembly's Resolves and Messages.
From Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings by Wiliam Cabell Bruce
