wont

Example Sentences

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“The market can do anything,” Richard Russell, the author of the Dow Theory Letters, was wont to remind his readers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

Titled “Mary Magdalene,” it mixes fact and fiction, as in general seems to be Davis’ wont as a natural-born storyteller, always refining her tale through fabulation and embellishment.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2025

"I think that the old stereotypical idea that girls wont go out and play in the rain and the cold isn't true, they absolutely will."

From BBC • Nov. 28, 2024

The event was packed and it went on for many hours as his rallies are wont to do.

From Salon • Oct. 28, 2024

“You couldn’t square your conscience with that. You’ll just take her back there and let her find it. You wont tell, yourself.”

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner