wove

[ wohv ]

/ woʊv /

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verb

a simple past tense and past participle of weave.

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How to use wove in a sentence

From February to April 2020, the Science News senior molecular biology writer had produced a flurry of stories on the new coronavirus that wove together findings from dozens of scientific papers and reports.
We’re celebrating a century of Science News|Maria Temming|March 24, 2022|Science News
Until Dwoskin’s death in 2019, their year-long curriculum wove together environmental justice, aesthetics, and civics.
The best ways to teach and talk about climate change with kids|Mary DeMocker / Hothouse|February 24, 2022|Popular-Science
The love with which enslaved women’s hands wove fabric, sewed clothing and stitched quilts.
A humble cloth sack tells a story of enslavement and separation|Marjoleine Kars|July 9, 2021|Washington Post
Texas Senator Ted Cruz wove a refrain into his speech that “morning is coming.”
Why The Values Voter Summit Isn't Any Fun|Ben Jacobs|September 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST

“The web she wove snared her a long time before she entered the courtroom,” he says.
Will Jodi Arias Go Free?|Christine Pelisek|May 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Street children wove among traffic like silver fish, risking their lives to sell chewing gum for a few afghanis.
Back to Afghanistan|Magsie Hamilton-Little|October 6, 2011|DAILY BEAST
The other was all that, plus a narcissistic pathological liar who easily wove fanciful, elaborate tales.
Casey Anthony's Lies|Diane Dimond|May 29, 2011|DAILY BEAST
The dwarfs leaped into the air and in a bound seized and cut the branches, out of which they deftly wove a basket chair.
Honey-Bee|Anatole France
He who p. 2plunged into the holy river shall take to himself the house of him who wove the spell upon him.
The Oldest Code of Laws in the World|Hammurabi, King of Babylon
Rakkan's fiddle wove in and out, a lovely accompaniment to voices that were untrained but made rich and alive by triumph.
Security|Poul William Anderson
What fantasies she wove out of a rather limited imagination!
My New Curate|P.A. Sheehan
He wove their fine gold into the dark web of his tempestuous passions.
The Proud Prince|Justin Huntly McCarthy

British Dictionary definitions for wove

wove

/ (wəʊv) /

verb

a past tense of weave

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