wore
simple past tense of wear.
Words that may be confused with wore
- war, wore
Words Nearby wore
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How to use wore in a sentence
When she was almost 12 years old, she was sent to a boarding school in Virginia, and while it was fun at first, “the shine of being on my own wore off within one month,” she says.
Everyone has a story and this one’s fascinating | Terri Schlichenmeyer | February 8, 2022 | Washington BladeHe wore white gloves, a dignified long black coat, and matching pants and vest, and he carried a dark walking stick.
The Black Man Who Replaced Jefferson Davis in the Senate | Philip Dray | January 7, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTIf they were meaningful, we might have realized it before—surely one of these kids wore a cross, or a yarmulke, or a hijab?
Growing up as a teen in the 1960s, she had yearned to wear the same clothes her girlfriends wore.
Reportedly, George Custer wore a Stetson into Little Big Horn.
Presumably, had the deputies who pinned Saylor wore body cameras, video evidence would have helped determine what happened to him.
How the U.S. Justice System Screws Prisoners with Disabilities | Elizabeth Picciuto | December 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe night wore on, and the clock downstairs was striking the hour of two when she suddenly awakened.
The Homesteader | Oscar MicheauxAs the weeks wore on, the pretence of practical teaching was quietly dropped, and we crammed our science out of the text-book.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation | H. G. (Herbert George) WellsQ was a Queen, who wore a silk slip; R was a Robber, and wanted a whip.
She wore a little red hood, and looked wistfully after Davy as the shop went out of sight.
Davy and The Goblin | Charles E. CarrylHer face wore a look of distress, almost of alarm; she kept her place, but her eyes gave Bernard a mute welcome.
Confidence | Henry James
British Dictionary definitions for wore
/ (wɔː) /
the past tense of wear 1
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