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How to use wont in a sentence

30 example sentences · noun, adjective, verb

Wont means one's habitual way of doing things; custom, habit, practice. Example: “He awoke at the crack of dawn, as was his wont.”

Examples of wont by meaning

nounOne's habitual way of doing things; custom, habit, practice.

  • He awoke at the crack of dawn, as was his wont.

adjectiveAccustomed or used (to or with a thing), accustomed or apt (to do something).

  • He is wont to complain loudly about his job.
  • As many Ukrainians are wont to do, Mr.2024 November 21, Howard LaFranchi, “Why many in Ukraine oppose a ‘land for peace’ formula to end the war”, in The Christian Science Monitor

More sentences with wont

  • He is wont to be rather quick of temper when tired.From the entry quick
  • The dog is wont to bum shuffle on the rug immediately after relieving himself outside.From the entry bum shuffle
  • It wont make your tradlarp less cringe but at least you’ll be less of a hypocrite.2021 September 4, u/78zrVckw39rF7332J8Z9, “Consoom politics through trite superhero references”, in Reddit, r/Consoom. From the entry tradlarp
  • Once settled, they preen, crawl or sting, as is their wont.2014, Terence Park, “The Old House”, in Ice Made and Other Stories, page 87. From the entry God's work
  • But if i withdrove consent i wont get my money back?2012, New rule for 2012. From the entry withdrive
  • You wont have to worry about being TOSed or reported because there will be no Guides online!2003, Michael Newton, The Encyclopedia of High-tech Crime and Crime-fighting, AOL Riot on June 1, 1998, page 21. From the entry punt
  • As her type is wont to do, she married a painfully jealous man, one Lewis Robards.1998, The American Enterprise, volume 9, page 78. From the entry sparkful
  • You were not wont to turn young and beautiful suppliants from your office door.1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries. From the entry turn
  • Tarzan had been wont to traverse the Rue Maule on his way home at night.1913 June–December, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “What Happened in the Rue Maule”, in The Return of Tarzan, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt…. From the entry berth
  • "Elementary, my dear Watson," as Sherlock Holmes was wont to say.1909 August 24, “Signaling to Mars. An elementary problem, says Professor [Edward Charles] Pickering, of Harvard.”, in The Times Dispatch…. From the entry elementary, my dear Watson
  • "I wont put anyone else at risk," Gardiner promised.2018, S. E. Soldwedel, Disintegration, Oakland, C.A.: Inkshares, Inc., →ISBN, page 327. From the entry wizzo
  • Windows wont' even let you try to defragment an SSD.2013, Dan Gookin, PCs For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN. From the entry defragment
  • Wikipedia contributors are often prolific bloggers, wont to talk about their work on Wikipedia in LiveJournals and TypePads and WordPresses.2011, Cory Doctorow, “On Jaron Lanier’s ‘Digital Maoism’”, in John Brockman, editor, Culture: Leading Scientists Explore Societies, Art…. From the entry WordPress
  • Adlets are wont to hunt on all fours, and so were born stories of giant black dogs that accost travelers.2006, Aaron Rosenberg, Various, Chosen RPG, Impressions, →ISBN. From the entry adlet
  • Yanks suck big time even their money wont help them this year screw george and his fedoraless pinstripe boys!!!!!!!!2000 March 18, moj...@webtv.net, alt.sports.baseball.ny-yankees (Usenet). From the entry fedoraless
  • I wont deny I'm bias to Godzilla, and I guess that got mixed in my post, though I tried not to.1999 November 14, <world_godzilla@hotmail.com>, “Godzilla 2000 Millennium”, in alt.movies.monster (Usenet), archived from the original on…. From the entry bias
  • "O, they wont shoot you," expostulated his friend, high-heartedly.1982, William Dean Howells, Edwin H. Cady, Howells, 1875-1886, →ISBN, page 158. From the entry high-heartedly
  • Poets may be incurious of the subtleties of philological eristic, but they are wont to see into the heart of things.1924, Herbert Weir Smyth, “IV. Prometheus”, in Aeschylean Tragedy, page 111. From the entry eristic
  • It was the outshapen uptippening of a bad tide; but some folk are wont to forsend all deemstery of gleecraft as inwoning.1948, New Statesman: the week-end review. From the entry gleecraft
  • The good Fathers coming into the chapel to evening Benediction, securing liberal fingertipsful of holy water, as was their pious wont, and—disaster.1937 February, Harriet L. Carritte, “Saint John Berchmans”, in The Ethos, volume 10, number 1, Boston, Mass.: Emmanuel College, page 107. From the entry fingertipful
  • "Fate-dispenser," Medford Browne was wont to ask her on occasion, "how canst thou be so blithe when so weightsome is thy day's allotment of labor?"1912, Arthur Wellington Brayley, Arthur Wilson Tarbell, Joe Mitchell Chapple, National magazine - Volume 35 - Page 297. From the entry weightsome
  • For it was approaching that uncanny time of year, the festival of Beltane, when the auld pagans were wont to sacrifice to their god Baal.1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide. From the entry graceless
  • Wacker says his team, the Horned Frogs, plays "smash-mouth football." He means that his lads are (as less poetic coaches are wont to say) "physical," meaning vigorous.1984, Newsweek. From the entry smash-mouth
  • Seventy beds keeps he there teeming mothers are wont that they lie for to thole and bring forth bairns hale so God’s angel to Mary quoth.1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 14: Oxen of the Sun]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey]…. From the entry thole
  • In order to keep his intellect undulled by the routine of his dreary work, Matthew Arnold was wont to write a few lines of poetry each day.1912, Arthur E. P. B. Weigall, The Treasury of Ancient Egypt. From the entry undulled
  • They formed the boundary lines or marks between adjoining parishes, and when the bounds were beaten the parson was wont to deliver his homily beneath the shady boughs.1900, George Morley, “Gospel Oaks”, in Shakespeare's Greenwood: The Customs of the Country: The Language; the Superstitions; the Customs…. From the entry greenwood
  • Beards and nobility go hand in hand, so it will come as no surprise to most that members of the great lordly houses are wont to vaunt their beardly heritage.2011, Upton Uxbridge Underwood, Gilbert Alter-Gilbert, Jack Passion, Poets Ranked by Beard Weight. From the entry beardly

Meaning of wont

  1. noun One's habitual way of doing things; custom, habit, practice.
  2. adjective Accustomed or used (to or with a thing), accustomed or apt (to do something).
  3. verb To make (someone) used to; to accustom.

Full definition of wont

Questions about wont in a sentence

How do you use wont in a sentence?
Wont is used as a noun, adjective and verb. For example: “He awoke at the crack of dawn, as was his wont.”
What is a short sentence with wont?
“As many Ukrainians are wont to do, Mr.”
What does wont mean?
Wont means one's habitual way of doing things; custom, habit, practice.

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