wont
adjective
accustomed; used (usually followed by an infinitive).
wonts
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pluralof wont.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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“In woods, in waves, in wars, she wonts to dwell And will be found with peril and with pain.”
From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Isaac Disraeli
So wonts the world to pamper those that nought deserve, Whiles such as merit best, without relief do starve.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 8 by William Carew Hazlitt
Men with essential wonts and laudable aspirations, the attainment of which can be accelerated by the fostering love and enlightened zeal of a progressive government.
From Shadow and Light An Autobiography with Reminiscences of the Last and Present Century by Booker T. Washington
But I am more lonely than ever Rhistaun wonts of, for this I tell thee, when I hear the gods I know not what They say.
From Time and the Gods by Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, Baron Dunsany
His notions of art are liable to express themselves in pipes, steins, and other masculine bric-a-brac; but whatever his wills and wonts on the furnishing question, his room must show care and attention.
From The Complete Home by Clara E. (Clara Elizabeth) Laughlin
