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• past tense form of write.

wrote

American  

[roht] / roʊt /

verb

1. a simple past tense of write.

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wrote British  

/ rəʊt /

verb

1. the past tense of write

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Example Sentences

Thanks to the constant hammering of the helicopters, “it was like ‘Apocalypse Now,’ ” Andy Warhol wrote in his diary.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 28, 2026

"In these hours, every life is hope for Venezuela," she wrote.

From BBC • Jun. 28, 2026

“Reserve currencies are hard to dislodge, particularly without a clear replacement,” Cembalest wrote in a June 23 report.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 28, 2026

“Congress passed the Refugee Act in 1980 because it did not want this country to repeat the mistakes of its past,” Sotomayor wrote.

From Salon • Jun. 28, 2026

Stowe later claimed to have written as if in a trance, similar to the Spiritualists’ automatic writing: “I did not write it … God wrote it … I merely did his dictation.”

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

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