Twa
[twɑ:]
Examples
- He always used to say 'twas his nose bleedn, till he must have pomped all the blood out of 'um. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- No; 'twas not you. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Twas evident she knew not of the disaster. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Twas your interest not to do anything which would send me courting Thomasin again, now she has accepted you--or something like it. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- I sing the song as 'twas sung to me, said the Count blithely, balancing himself on one foot. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Twas in the Bunch of Grapes, where, indeed, you have a delight to sit, have you not? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Ah--well, what a day 'twas! Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Yes, I know 'twas the same day; for she said, 'I be going to see him, Christian; so I shall not want any vegetables brought in for dinner. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Twas to be if 'twas, I suppose. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Twas a little boy that zid it. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Twas the deadness again! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Twas that I didn't know you in this light, mis'ess; and being a man of the mournfullest make, I was scared a little, that's all. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Twas a wonderful thing that one body could hold it all and never mix the fingering. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- All heads would turn, and they'd say, 'Ah, I thought 'twas he! Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- You see, I doen't grow younger as the years comes round, and if I hadn't sailed as 'twas, most like I shouldn't never have done 't. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
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