Dominus pars hereditatis meae, Is a murye verset, That hath take fro Tybourne Twenty stronge theves; Ther lewed theves ben lolled up, Loke how thei be saved.
Be thou no thef, nor theves fere Ne nothing wyn with trechery; Okur ne symony cum thow not nere, But conciens clere kepe al ay trewely.
My mother was afrayde there had ben theves in her house, and she kryed out haroll alarome (F.
And if you liste to looke in the whole Course of the bible, you shall finde that theves haue bin belovid of god.
For that kynde dooth, unkynde for-dooth; As thise corsede theves Unkynde cristene men, For coveitise and envye, Sleeth a man for hise moebles With mouth or with handes.
Two theves also Tholed deeth that tyme, Upon a croos besides Crist, So was the comune lawe.
Juvenal saith of poverte merily: The poore man, whan he goth by the way, Beforn the theves he may sing and play.
But trewely, by daye it may nat be; (460) Men wolde seyn that we were theves stronge, And for our owene tresor doon us honge.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "theves" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
