Paraduenture he maye be called warer or more craftier thê a thefe is in dede but no poynt better, for it is hard chosyng of a better where there is neuer a good of them bothe.
Ye knowe also howe the names of a lyar and a thefe are abhorred and hated of all men.
And yf an euyll bysshop be a thefe and a robber, then we shulde not so greatly abhorre and hate the name as the thynge.
And also by the same lawes that some other men saye all is theyrs what soeuer is founde aboute a thefe or a robber whê he is takê.
Yea they loue to playe the thefe well inoughe, but they loue nothynge worse then to here of it.
XXII ‘O father your bairn on me, Maisry, And on no other man; And I’ll gie him to his dowry Full fifty ploughs of land.
Then spake the good yeman Clym of the Clough, And swore by Mary fre, "And if that we stande longe wythout, 35 Lyke a thefe hanged shalt thou be.
But thou whiche doest boaste, that thou art come to persecute theues, art the common thefe of all nacions, whereunto thou makest thy repayre.
Here commeth none in, sayd the porter, By hym that dyed on a tre, 30 Tyll a false thefe be hanged, Called Wyllyam of Cloudesle.
Then spake the good yeman Clym of the Clough, And swore by Mary fre, And if that we stande long wythout, 35 Like a thefe hanged shalt thou be.
Here commeth no man in,’ sayd the porter, ‘By hym that dyed on a tre, Tyll a false thefe be hanged Called Wyllyam of Cloudesle.
Than spake that good yeman Clym of the Clough, And swore by Mary fre, ‘If that we stande long wythout, Lyke a thefe hanged shalt thou be.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "thefe" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
