doth
Americanverb
verb
Example Sentences
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The faithful felt Hugo doth protest too much, and voted him out at the next opportunity, making the barrister their first traitor scalp.
From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026
“The lady doth protest too much, methinks,” she whispers of an overwrought performance shown on stage in the Shakespearean tragedy.
From Barron's • Oct. 28, 2025
I’m fond of quoting William Shakespeare in times like these; in his play Julius Caesar, Caesar says, “The skies are painted with unnumber’d sparks, they are all fire and every one doth shine.”
From Scientific American • Aug. 25, 2023
“Our wooing doth not end like an old play,” Berowne says.
From New York Times • Jul. 27, 2023
He sat down on the rough mattress near the trouser cuffs, and when dark spots formed on the doth he saw that he was crying.
From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison
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