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Example sentences for "twas only"

  • I reckon 'twas only a war-party," she answered.

  • He had pat replies ready to correct me when called upon, and 'twas only out of consideration for Mr. Carvel that I kept my hands from him when we were dismissed.

  • Twas only a matter of months when the thunder-clap was to come-indeed, enough was going on within our own province to forebode a revolution.

  • As for old Joe, 'twas only a bit of fun--hee!

  • Twas only an excuse To put her lovers off, a wifely ruse, Bidding them bide till it was finished, she Each night the web unravelled secretly.

  • I found 'twas only at Ecarté he'd propose.

  • Twas only a tiny, withered rose, But it once belonged to Grace.

  • Twas only when we were hastening back to our hackney-coach, that Philip trembled.

  • Twas only necessary to look at our Madge, to turn the possibility in her case into certainty.

  • Twas only at first he had been somewhat inclined to show and play the fine gentleman, and that was the fault of his master Aronsen.

  • A new man--nothing in that; 'twas only Sivert's way of putting it.

  • Twas only because I knew him so well and his straight, just way that I dared," he continued.

  • Twas only by the merest chance she and Bart didn't hear the voice themselves, for they went up to Princetown shopping that very afternoon, and nothing but the fog made 'em go round by road.

  • That fond of chattering I was, that I must be talking if 'twas only to the stones!

  • If 'twas only a bird, then why did the Indians leave to join the scouts?

  • The lad's slumbers were indeed troubled, and yet 'twas only a dream, that he had often dreamt before.

  • Perhaps 'twas only a private call for extra scouts.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "twas only" 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:
    admitted that; dear life; export earnings; fifty cubits; good soldier; great prostration; laws relating; lest haply; merchant ships; must stand; pale face; phosphoric acid and potash; ranging from; retire from; scarce knowing; the garden; third term; tight lacing; twas done; twas impossible; twas only; twas plain; twas said; twas time; when placed; where being