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

I've naither wife nor wain, chick nor chile, I ate th' bread ov loneliness an' keep m' own company an' jist bekase I don't blether wi' th' gossoons th' think I'm uncanny.

From My Lady of the Chimney Corner by Irvine, Alexander

Borne afar on the wings of the blast, Northward away he speeds him fast, And his courser follows the cloudy wain Till the hoof-strokes fall like pattering rain.

From Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 by Various