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froward

[froh-werd, froh-erd] / ˈfroʊ wərd, ˈfroʊ ərd /


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Two of them — 6-2 froward Autumn Newby from Baylor and 5-6 guard Alexis Morris from Texas A&M — are starters.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 25, 2022

“Before we were stepping froward, now we’re stepping back,” a supporter named Katherine King told me.

From The New Yorker ● Nov. 9, 2016

"What a froward, drivelling flibbergib have I taken to my bosom!"

From Time Magazine Archive

He changed Poseidon, Girdler of the Earth, to Earthshaker Poseidon, called the Cyclops "Goggle-eyes" instead of "froward," transformed the "fair-tressed Dawn" into "welcome streaks of light."

From Time Magazine Archive

From tailors' bills and drapers' books, From sluttish maids and nasty cooks, From froward wives and crabbed looks, Libera nos.

From Amusing Prose Chap Books by Various


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