If you go South I beg you may settle a correspondence 'twixt Edin^{b} and this, and acquaint me with it.
When they shall meet 'twixt sea and sky, Rend flesh and break the bone, And blood shall trickle through the waves To gray old Triton's throne?
Oh, it was ever thus since lover came 'Twixt shepherdess and sheep!
Line 67 He could distinguish, and divide A hair, 'twixt south and southwest side.
Strange all this difference should be 'Twixt Tweedledum and Tweedledee.
Have you heard of no likely wars toward, 'twixt the two dukes of Cornwall and Albany?
Twixt two extremes of passion, joy and grief, Burst smilingly.
Twixt him and the creditors and the lawyers and the jedges, they a'n't nary cent to carry.
I've cussed about it over and over agin on every mile 'twixt here and St. Paul.
So Pig-wigs jes' stuck it down 'twixt two planks, an' kem ter holp me ketch the rabbit.
What lover among men But hath his sense fed sovereignly 'twixt whiles With tears and covered eyelids and sick smiles And soft disaster of a pained face?
That August time it was delight To watch the red moons wane to white 'Twixt grey seamed stems of apple-trees; A sense of heavy harmonies Grew on the growth of patient night, More sweet than shapen music is.
Philippo, my best friend, 'twixt shame and love, Here let me lay thee now for ever.
Bear them to prison, Until we have given such entertainment sorrow Will give us leave to show: until that time, The satisfaction of my lost son's life Must hover 'twixt a husband and a wife.
Twixt admiration and inherent hate, The sullen throbbing of his heart was seen Thrilling his moistened beard--"Pass from my sight!
Or, 'twixt the sleep and wake of Helen's dream, Silence wherein to sing love's requiem?
O riddle of life that is An endless war 'twixt contrarieties.
Twixt that, and reason, what a nice barrier, For ever separate, yet for ever near!
By that dark stream of royal blood, That lies 'twixt you and me, I have not sought in battle field A wreath of such renown, Or dared to hope my dying day Would win a martyr's crown.
The Poet has forcibly observed- "Strange that there should such diff'rence be, 'Twixt Tweedledum and Tweedledee!
There is unquestionably many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip, but on the present occasion there was no such slip.
The corpse was borne twixt these two rows of men with the sword and sash on the top of the box in which he lay, and in the rear of it the men of rank marched two and two.
By that means they could shut in all our troops 'twixt the Hud-son and the Hack-en-sack.
Wash-ing-ton was in a tight place, with a small creek 'twixt his few raw troops and the large force of the foe.
He soon won his way to the heart of Wash-ing-ton, and a strong bond of love grew up 'twixt the two which naught but death could break.
A gleam of hope came with the dawn of day, for they found the ice 'twixt them and the east bank of the stream was so hard as to bear their weight, and they made their way on it, and the same day came to a place where they could rest.
But this state of things did not last long, and strife rose twixt the red and white men, and some of the red-skins left the camp.
He saw them caught in traps, and hemmed in so that they were 'twixt two fires.
The red-skins were quick to make friends with those who held sway, and there was peace with all the tribes twixt the O-hi-o and the Lakes.
What ailed thee then, O poet mine; What secret misery was thine, Which set a bar 'twixt thee and me?
Didst mark a diamond lance flash from the roof, And strike him 'twixt the eyes?
Twixt these my heart, a third sea, surges, With songs resounding, clearly sung.
Twixt heaven and hell," said the fellow with the coarse hose, "is but a spang.
We have been far North since Martinmas: for us there must be many a story to tell 'twixt here and Inneraora.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "twixt" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
