doth
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But she makes such heavy weather of Hermione’s speeches denying her infidelity—bringing a fiery righteousness and much volume to her lengthy protestations—that Gertrude’s famous phrase, “The lady doth protest too much,” rattled through my head.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
But it seemed to be an instance of “the chairman doth protest too much.”
From Salon ● May 5, 2026
The faithful felt Hugo doth protest too much, and voted him out at the next opportunity, making the barrister their first traitor scalp.
From BBC ● Jan. 23, 2026
“The lady doth protest too much, methinks,” she whispers of an overwrought performance shown on stage in the Shakespearean tragedy.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2025
How doth all that seeks to rise burn itself to nothing.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
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