'twould
Americancontraction
Usage
See contraction.
Example Sentences
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To such a deep delight ’twould win me,
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2023
To hear Libya's Colonel Muammar Gaddafi tell it, 'twould be a marriage made in heaven.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Oh, holy father" Alice said, "'twould grieve you, would it not?
From Time Magazine Archive
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If we tried him 'twould raise a roar From Maine to the Pacific shore.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Finally the black man said, looking at me from bloodshot eyes, “Now, young bahss, I mos’ feel like dat my own self, Timothy, but ’twould be of no particular use to do dat eh?”
From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor
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