By thys tale ye maye perceyue that women ofte tymes be wyse and lothe to lose any tyme.
By this tale ye may se, that he is not wyse that will put his confydence in bosters and great crakers, whiche ofte tymes wyll do but lytell, when it comes to the poynte.
By thys tale ye may note, that a man ofte tymes desyreth and coueteth moche that thynge, that ofte turneth to his displeasure.
To this man's house the kynge ofte resorted from huntynge.
Why than, quod the frere, I am sure thou knowest well whiche be the x commaundementes that hast herde them so ofte declared.
It had a veluet cap, And wold syt upon my lap, And seke after small wormes, And somtyme white bred crommes; And many tymes and ofte Betwene my brestes softe It wolde lye and rest; It was propre and prest.
Wherfore swich sorwe shorteth ful ofte the lyf of a man, er that his tyme be come by wey of kinde"[926].
Zilia which was not wonte to receyue very ofte sutch Ambassades, at the firste was in mind to breake the Letters, and to retourne the Messanger wythout aunswere to hir shame.
But owre commons be riche, and therefore thai give to thair kynge as somme tymes quinsimes and dessimes, and ofte tymes other grete subsidies.
But oure commons be riche, and therefore thai give to thair kynge, at somme times quinsimes and dessimes, and ofte tymes other grate subsidies.
Men seth ofte a muche file, They he serue boten a wile, Bicomen swithe riche.
He haueth me do mi mete to þigge, And ofte in sorwe and pine ligge.
No vertuous dede or zelous worke can want due prayse of the honest, though faulting fooles and youthly heades full ofte do chaunt the faultles checke, that Momus mouth did once finde out in Venus slipper.
And if thou take a wif that to the is vntrewe Ful ofte tyme it shal the r[e]we.
Allas, it is a grevous fortune, as ofte as wikked swerd is ioigned to cruel venim; that is to seyn, venimous crueltee to lordshippe.
He might here with us have dwelled, So ofte as we dyd him praye.
To ryse the dere out of theyr denne; Suche sightes as hath ofte bene sene, As by thre yemen of the north countrey, By them it is as I meane.
We redyn ofte and fynde ywryte, As clerkes don us to wyte, The layes that ben of harpyng Ben yfounde of frely thing.
Yet the poem as a whole suffers from the fault that Gower tried to avoid: It dulleth ofte a mannes wit To him that schal it aldai rede.
Ful ofte hir wordes sche reherceth, Er sche his slepi eres perceth; With mochel wo bot ate laste 105 His slombrende yhen he upcaste And seide hir that it schal be do.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "ofte" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
