doth
Example Sentences
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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 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
It’s got nothing to do with “dark matter” except as Shakespeare might have used the phrase to describe some sinister business — “This dark matter doth shade our bright prospects,” something like that.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2024
He doth not yet know that he must someday die; which oft is the key to immortality.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
