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wont

[wawnt, wohnt, wuhnt] / wɔnt, woʊnt, wʌnt /
ADJECTIVE
in the habit of
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In addition, we are rolling up the two SPY bull spreads where the long call was deeply in the money, as is our wont.

From MarketWatch Aug. 6, 2026

Likewise if there are animals up above fertilizing, as they are wont to do.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 2, 2026

Their wont is to blame sections of fans for causing ructions, for not being grateful enough for what they have.

From BBC Dec. 14, 2025

Not a beat later, she changed her mind, as she’s wont to do.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 16, 2025

But it stayed silent, as lamps are wont to do.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi

Men with essential wonts and laudable aspirations, the attainment of which can be accelerated by the fostering love and enlightened zeal of a progressive government.

From Shadow and Light An Autobiography with Reminiscences of the Last and Present Century by Booker T. Washington

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 William Carew Hazlitt

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

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 Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, Baron Dunsany

His notions of art are liable to express themselves in pipes, steins, and other masculine bric-a-brac; but whatever his wills and wonts on the furnishing question, his room must show care and attention.

From The Complete Home by Clara E. (Clara Elizabeth) Laughlin

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

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

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

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

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 Hamilton Wright Mabie

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

From The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown




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