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Example sentences for "thou wast"

  • Tis not in my power to will aught save that which Love wills.

  • And what sins," quoth he, "hast thou committed, that wouldst be shriven?

  • Was not this thy state when thou wast in thy first parents?

  • And moreover in time past, even when Saul was king, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD thy God said unto thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be ruler over my people Israel.

  • Thou answeredst them, O LORD our God: thou wast a God that forgavest them, though thou tookest vengeance of their inventions.

  • Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel.

  • Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.

  • Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.

  • Thou wast full of love and truth, Of forgiveness and ruth-- Thy great heart with hope and youth Tided to o'erflowing.

  • Thou wast in the pleasures of the paradise of God: every precious stone was thy covering .

  • Thou wast abandoned in Thy hour of agony even by Thy apostles, and betrayed into the hands of Thy enemies by one whom Thou hadst made Thy friend and companion.

  • Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day of thy creation, until iniquity was found in thee.

  • Thou wast a cherub stretching out thy wings and covering, and I set thee in the holy mountain of God, thou hast walked in the midst of the stones of fire.

  • Because," returned the monk, "thou wast jealous, notwithstanding thou hadst to wife a woman that has not her peer in thy countryside.

  • No wonder that last night thou heldest aloof from me; thou wast thinking of scattering thy seed elsewhere, and wast minded to shew thyself a lusty knight when thou shouldst join battle.

  • It may be thou wast given to slumber and sleep, and therefore these temptations were sent to awake thee.

  • Be to us evermore as thou wast then, As we forget thou hast not always been, 400 Mother of States and unpolluted men, Virginia, fitly named from England's manly queen!

  • Yesterday also, and the day before when Saul was king, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: for the Lord thy God said to thee: Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be ruler over them.

  • Moreover yesterday also and the day before, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that did lead out and bring in Israel: and the Lord said to thee: Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be prince over Israel.

  • Look upon the camp of the Assyrians now, as thou wast pleased to look upon the camp of the Egyptians, when they pursued armed after thy servants, trusting in their chariots, and in their horsemen, and in a multitude of warriors.

  • And he said to him: And who hath told thee that thou wast naked, but that thou hast eaten of the tree whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldst not eat?

  • The Wind rejoined, "Cease thy blaming, for right soon I will bear thee back and replace thee in thy place, as thou wast aforetime.

  • Quoth he, 'Thou wast high in rank with the King, and haply some one envied thee and threw out certain hints concerning htee to him, so that he is become incensed against thee.

  • Rejoined the Captain, "Verily, thou wast high in rank with the King, such as none ever won before thee, and all who are prosperous are envied.

  • How is it thou wast so much more daring than thy fellow?

  • Ay, thou wast ever of a high heart, and a brave.

  • The Lean Man is on our side now, but he is only one, and they are many at the grim house on the moor--rough men and cruel, like those who met me once and told me thou wast dying.

  • I'm full of dreads since winning thee; and just because Mistress Wayne saw thee last night in a vision, I needs must come helter-skelter to learn if thou wast safe.

  • Thou wast right, child, to trust me," he said.

  • Cousin," she said, "thou wast wont to prate of thy love for me.

  • Go; thou wast born a bastard, and thou'lt die a bawd.

  • Thou wast whelped a dog, and thou shalt famish a dog's death.

  • That, by killing of villains, Thou wast born to conquer my country.

  • That by killing of villains[2426] Thou wast born to conquer my country.

  • Thou wast whelped a dog, and thou shalt famish[1993] a dog's death.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "thou wast" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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