Of every ordre som shrewe is, parde, 995 And god forbede that al a companye Sholde rewe a singuler mannes folye.
Lo, Grenewich, ther many a shrewe is inne; It were al tyme thy tale to biginne.
And the prophete seith: that "bettre it is to been a good man and have litel good and tresour, /2820 than to been holden a shrewe and have grete richesses.
Was not Nero the moste shrewe oon of thilke that men rede, and yet had he power to make senatours justices, and princes of many landes?
By one lawe this 10 rebel is punisshed and this innocent is meded; the shrewe is enprisoned and this rightful is corowned.
And yet is this shrewe behynde; free herte is forsake; and losengeour is take.
For how shulde it nat yet, amonges so greet plentee of people, ben many shrewes, sithen whan no mo but eight persons in Noes shippe were closed, yet oon was a shrewe and skorned his father?
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "shrewe" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
