Origin of wont
Synonyms for wont
Antonyms for wont
won't
Usage note
Examples from the Web for wont
Contemporary Examples of wont
Forgive my candor, though such is my wont, but much like that moose on a spit, Bernie is dead.
The U.K. tabloids, as is their wont, have branded her “shameless,” “sordid,” and “the scourge of society.”
The X Factor of Sex Invades Britain: Rebecca More’s ‘Sex Tour’ Enrages UK PoliticiansMarlow Stern
October 20, 2014
It has been, as contestants on TV talent shows are wont to say, a “journey.”
Allen responded with his own op-ed in the Times, and the media, as is their wont, proceeded to pick sides.
Woody Allen on ‘Magic in the Moonlight,’ the Crisis in Gaza, and Those AllegationsMarlow Stern
July 18, 2014
As celebrities on the movie promotion circuit are wont to do, Cameron Diaz is hawking her latest cause celebre.
Waxing: Damned if You Do and Damned if You Don’t: How Pubic Hair Became PoliticalEmily Shire
April 10, 2014
Historical Examples of wont
Speak to me as is your wont—with the same kindliness and warmth—you know I am bound to you.
I am a peaceful trader, and I am not wont to be so shouted at upon so small a matter.
The White CompanyArthur Conan Doyle
Burke took refuge, as his wont was when too hard pressed, in a mighty bellow.
Within the LawMarvin Dana
Indeed, on the morrow she seated herself at the work-frame and embroidered as she was wont to do.
The DreamEmile Zola
You told me that you and your father were wont to go out together in the morning.
Fair MargaretH. Rider Haggard