wain

Example Sentences

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Even after her death, the tabloid gossip and fascination with the princess did not really wain.

From Salon • Nov. 22, 2021

The cats been on fire and the wain has been hit in the eye with a flying drone toy 😂

From Slate • Jan. 3, 2018

At length after fifteen days of journey the wain of King Théoden passed through the green fields of Rohan and came to Edoras; and there they all rested.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien

She folded the raiment and stored it in the goodly wain, and yoked the mules, strong of hoof, and herself climbed into the car.

From Tales of Troy and Greece by Lang, Andrew

In wain I argued that walking into sleep was wulgar, in wain I coaxed, and in wain I cried,—though tears will sometimes prewail when nothing else will, that is, if they ain't too woluntary.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 120, October, 1867. by Various