wore

[wawr, wohr]

verb

1. simple past tense of wear.

wore

/ wɔː /

verb

1. the past tense of wear 1

Example Sentences

Police officers wore hoods and were heavily armed.

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Jasmine first wore a wig after her hair gradually started to fall out in her early teens.

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Shirts and scarves were even swapped and this remains, possibly, the only occasion when a number of Newcastle supporters wore red and white, which are also the colours of bitter rivals Sunderland.

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"When I got home I checked my skin and it was peeling. We wore protective gear, white cloth overalls, but the chemicals would still pass through them. They would make the fabric stiff."

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But as the fire wore on, police began to conduct crime suppression sweeps in the evacuation zones where opportunistic burglars were breaking into homes they knew were empty.

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Related Words

• bear 
• carry 
• cover 
• display 
• don 
• get into 
• get on 
• put on 
• show 
• slip on 
• sport 
• wrap