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wont

[wawnt, wohnt, wuhnt] / wɔnt, woʊnt, wʌnt /
ADJECTIVE
in the habit of
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Likewise if there are animals up above fertilizing, as they are wont to do.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 2, 2026

“The market can do anything,” Richard Russell, the author of the Dow Theory Letters, was wont to remind his readers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 9, 2026

"I think that the old stereotypical idea that girls wont go out and play in the rain and the cold isn't true, they absolutely will."

From BBC Nov. 28, 2024

The event was packed and it went on for many hours as his rallies are wont to do.

From Salon Oct. 28, 2024

“Please. I wont ask you for anything again.”

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner

But I am more lonely than ever Rhistaun wonts of, for this I tell thee, when I hear the gods I know not what They say.

From Time and the Gods by Dunsany, Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, Baron

“In woods, in waves, in wars, she wonts to dwell And will be found with peril and with pain.”

From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac

So wonts the world to pamper those that nought deserve, Whiles such as merit best, without relief do starve.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 8 by Hazlitt, William Carew

Nothing wonts me to a new place more than the birds.

From Birds and Poets : with Other Papers by Burroughs, John

I wonts ter read de hymms an' songs.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 1 by Various

Bitter-leaning amaro, full of restorative herbs, is a wonted — and excellent — choice.

From New York Times Dec. 17, 2021

Not only does the moment underline the fascination of Lecter, but it also subverts classical music’s wonted role as signifier of the good.

From Washington Post Oct. 6, 2017

I am prepared to sacrifice all ideas of rest and recreation to help the business regain its wonted position.

From Time Magazine Archive

She often seems daunted In the face of the wonted, But her manners are ruly and her hats are set wry.

From Time Magazine Archive

There was no position in reference to matter or objects; not the recognition of surfaces; the senses themselves collapsed and abrogated their wonted distinctions; and the body was left aware but bereft.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

Wont, wont or wonted, wonting, wont or wonted.

From The Grammar of English Grammars by Brown, Goold

By wonting thyself every moment to independence in judgment, joined together with serenity of thought and simplicity in act and bearing.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 3 by Mabie, Hamilton Wright




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