'twas
Americancontraction
Usage
See contraction.
Example Sentences
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How I wanted you but, sniff, sniff, ’twas not to be.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 21, 2023
A male voice in the cast parried with a hint of old-world courtliness: “Yet ’twas well sung, my friend!”
From New York Times • Feb. 16, 2023
But men have it differently; 'twas ever thus.
From Salon • Apr. 3, 2022
But she said, “I misunderstood; ’twas not romantic lore: The word, she spoke was fourrier, defined as “comes before.”
From Washington Post • Jul. 5, 2018
Hannah told Mary it was her turn to fetch home the buckets from the Tea Water Pump and Mary said, no, ’twas Hannah’s turn.
From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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