wouldst
Americanverb
verb
Example Sentences
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For ’tis a dish that thou wouldst prize!
From Washington Post • May 16, 2019
And they waxed wroth against the High Priestess and said, Didst thou not sware, even unto seven times, that thou wouldst not call a snap election?
From The New Yorker • Jun. 9, 2017
JULIET: Oh fair chance wouldst be a fine thing!
From New York Times • Apr. 21, 2016
Thou wouldst make e’en the coolest temper burn, For thou art made of heat and flame and fire.
From Slate • May 28, 2014
Maxine-Ismene replied, “Thou wouldst bury him, when ’tis forbidden to Thebes?”
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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