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wont

[wawnt, wohnt, wuhnt] / wɔnt, woʊnt, wʌnt /
ADJECTIVE
in the habit of
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In addition, we are rolling up the two SPY bull spreads where the long call was deeply in the money, as is our wont.

From MarketWatch Aug. 6, 2026

Minority Leader John Boehner, as was his wont, teared up at the ceremony.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

Still, some of the most standout moments at Coachella 2026 seemed almost indifferent to that logic, suggesting that — as music is wont to do — a countercurrent may be bubbling up.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 26, 2026

I spoke to the players two years ago before their Wembley trip and that didn't work, so I wont be giving any advice this time.

From BBC Mar. 14, 2025

The wont part about being teased was riding the school bus on those mornings when Byron and Buphead decided they were going to skip school.

From "The Watsons Go to Birmingham" by Christopher Paul Curtis

His notions of art are liable to express themselves in pipes, steins, and other masculine bric-a-brac; but whatever his wills and wonts on the furnishing question, his room must show care and attention.

From The Complete Home by Clara E. (Clara Elizabeth) Laughlin

So wonts the world to pamper those that nought deserve, Whiles such as merit best, without relief do starve.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 8 by William Carew Hazlitt

But I am more lonely than ever Rhistaun wonts of, for this I tell thee, when I hear the gods I know not what They say.

From Time and the Gods by Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, Baron Dunsany

Men with essential wonts and laudable aspirations, the attainment of which can be accelerated by the fostering love and enlightened zeal of a progressive government.

From Shadow and Light An Autobiography with Reminiscences of the Last and Present Century by Booker T. Washington

I wonts ter read de hymms an' songs.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 1 by Various

Bitter-leaning amaro, full of restorative herbs, is a wonted — and excellent — choice.

From New York Times Dec. 17, 2021

Not only does the moment underline the fascination of Lecter, but it also subverts classical music’s wonted role as signifier of the good.

From Washington Post Oct. 6, 2017

I am prepared to sacrifice all ideas of rest and recreation to help the business regain its wonted position.

From Time Magazine Archive

She often seems daunted In the face of the wonted, But her manners are ruly and her hats are set wry.

From Time Magazine Archive

There was no position in reference to matter or objects; not the recognition of surfaces; the senses themselves collapsed and abrogated their wonted distinctions; and the body was left aware but bereft.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

Wont, wont or wonted, wonting, wont or wonted.

From The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown

By wonting thyself every moment to independence in judgment, joined together with serenity of thought and simplicity in act and bearing.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 3 by Hamilton Wright Mabie




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