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Example sentences for "wente"

Lexicographically close words:
weniger; wenigstens; wenn; wens; went; wented; wenten; wentest; weomen; weorc
  1. Thus as he wente all allone rydynge vppon his palfroy/ It happed/ that for the trauaylle that he had susteyned of rydynge/ he slepte vpon his horse/ P.

  2. He toke hys sword and hys bucler, Hys bow and hys chyldren thre, And wente into hys strongest chamber, 95 Where he thought surest to be.

  3. To Caerleil wente these bold yemen, All in a mornyng of maye.

  4. The mayde wente downe and founde the Maister horskeeper there, whom forthwith shee brought vnto her maistresse: and then the gentlewoman caused her mayd to go forth to watch when her husbande came home.

  5. With those wordes they wente from the windowe to supper: and Galgano, when he had lured his Hauke, departed awaye.

  6. But doun on knees wente every maner wight, 1875 And thanked him with al her herte and might, And namely the Thebans ofte sythe.

  7. Right there the Iustice · sat in the halle, 835 In wente Gamelyn · amonges hem alle.

  8. That oon of hem the cut broughte in his fest, And bad hem drawe, and loke wher it wol falle; And it fil on the yongeste of hem alle; And forth toward the toun he wente anon.

  9. But wel unnethes thilke word he spak, But wente his wey for rewthe and for pitee.

  10. Was noon so hardy that wente by the weye That with hir dorste rage or ones pleye, But-if he wolde be slayn of Simkin With panade, or with knyf, or boydekin.

  11. The chambre-dore, shortly for to seyn, They opened and shette, and wente hir weye.

  12. Gamelyn wente ayein · under woode-rys, And fond there pleying · yonge men of prys.

  13. She taketh him by the hand, and harde him twiste 2005 So secrely, that no wight of it wiste, And bad him been al hool, and forth she wente To Ianuarie, whan that he for hir sente.

  14. XXIV He toke hys sword and hys buckler, Hys bow and hys chyldren thre, And wente into hys strongest chamber, Where he thought surest to be.

  15. CVII Then wente they to theyr suppere Wyth such meate as they had; And thankèd God of theyr fortune: They were both mery and glad.

  16. LI To Carleile wente these bold yemen, All in a mornyng of maye.

  17. For he was late ycom fro his viage, And wente for to don his pilgrimage.

  18. Then this Syr John of Carougne taryed not long in France, but wente to vysyte the Holy Sepulture.

  19. And tymely she wente to bedde; made her styward to come to her to wete what mete sholde be had the next daye, and lyved by good ordenaunce, and wold be purveyed byfore of alle such thynge that was nedefull for her household.

  20. Also she wente to the obsequye of the poure gentyll wymmen, and gaf there torches, and all such other lumynary as it neded thereto.

  21. And as tyme was she wente to dyner; and after dyner, if she wyste and knewe ony seke folke or wymmen in theyr childbedde, she went to see and vysited them, and made to be brought to them of her best mete.

  22. Se howe thei crye and wryng here handes white, For thei so sone wente to religion!

  23. Then he was wrothe and rose up hastly and wente towarde the pryue dortour.

  24. Item in expenses made upon Master Ffortescue atte dyvers tymes, whan I wente to hym to have his councell for the same suyt in the common place xiij s.

  25. Now hath the knyght his leve itake, And wente hym on his way; Robyn Hode and his mery men Dwelled styll full many a day.

  26. He wente hym forthe full mery syngynge, As men have tolde in tale, His lady met hym at the gate, At home in Uterysdale.

  27. Forthe then wente Lytell Johan, And Scathelocke went before, 270 He tolde out foure houndred pounde, By eyghtene score.

  28. He toke hys sweard and hys bucler, Hys bow and hy[s] chyldren thre, And wente into hys strongest chamber, 95 Where he thought surest to be.

  29. They wente unto the Sayles, These yemen all thre, They loked est, they loked west, They myght no man see.

  30. Lo in a greet birre, al the drove wente heedlinge in to the see,’ Wyclif, Matt.

  31. And the vnclene goost debrekynge hym, and cryinge with grete vois, wente awey fro hym.

  32. And the tale, or tything, of hym wente forth anoon in to al the cuntree of Galilee.

  33. Sche stal a-wai, mididone, And wente to here lotebi.

  34. And whan I seigh it was so, Lepynge I wente To warne Pilates wif What done man was Jhesus.

  35. As who so filled a toune Of a fressh ryver, And wente forth with that water To woke with Temese; Right so, ye riche, Ye robeth and fedeth Hem that han as ye han, Hem ye make at ese.

  36. And as I wente by the way Wepynge for sorowe, I seigh a sely man me by, Opon the plough hongen.

  37. To Wy and to Wynchestre | I wente to the feyre.

  38. He wente home tille his tente than With grete sorowe and mournyn[g|] mode.

  39. He lai cryande at the grounde portcullis fall, Like a develle of Helle; 436 which crushed him to Through the Cite wente the sowne, the ground, So lowde than gan he yelle.

  40. To Mahounde and to Appolyne, The soudan, hearing That thai shulde by it dere I-nowe, these tidings, made Er that he wente fro theyme.

  41. Forth thay wente in þat araye They start and arrive To Mountrible, that Cite.

  42. Fortħ wente this fals Mapyne By nyght into the Tou[rh]— 2348 Mapyne entered the God gife him evel endinge!

  43. The x othir of the xij peres the others start Wente oute to assaye here grace.

  44. He armede him ful sone I-wisse, this dispute, had And to the kinge he wente withoute more armed himself and And saide “Sir Kinge, a bone graunte me went to Charles.

  45. Him ouer-wente his herte on-on, Kinde luue gan him ouer-gon; He went out and wept secretly.

  46. Wel bliðe and fagen was iacob ðo, for bliſced he wente hiſ fader fro.

  47. Iacob wið hire wente ðat ston, Jacob for her removed that stone.

  48. Wente in to a wirme, and tolde eue a tale; And ſenkede hire hure aldre bale.

  49. Ritson): As hyt befelle upon a day, To wode he wente on hys play; also 'Lay.

  50. The galeye wente also faste As quarrel dos off the arweblast.

  51. Yesterday yn the mornynge y wente on my playnge.

  52. As hyt befelle upon a day To wode he wente on hys play.

  53. Maundevile describes some wonderful Balm-trees that in his time grew near Cairo, in a field wherein were seven wells "that oure Lord Jesu Christ made with on of His feet, whan He wente to pleyen with other children.

  54. And in that feld ben 7 welles, that oure Lord Jesu Crist made with on of his feet, whan he wente to pleyen with other children.

  55. And there besyde, is the zate, where thorghe oure Ladye wente, whan sche was with childe, whan sche wente to Betheleem.

  56. And whan he cam at morwe, Changuys roos, and wente to the 7 lynages, and tolde hem how the white knyght had seyd.

  57. And he departed fro hire and wente to his felowes to schippe, and leet make him knyghte, and cam azen upon the morwe, for to kysse this damysele.

  58. And whan he was upon his coursere, and wente to the castelle, and entred into the cave, the dragoun lifte up hire hed azenst him.

  59. The sire wente onne; ye menne, what mean ye so 55 Thus unprovokd to courte a bloudie fyghte?

  60. Shee sayde, and lorde Thomas came over the lea, As hee the fatte derkynnes was chacynge, Shee putte uppe her knyttynge, and to hym wente shee; 230 So wee leave hem bothe kyndelie embracynge.

  61. But whan he came furth for hys part with my Lordes commendation, the wyly fox hadde be so well accustomed in courte with the crafte of flattry, that he wente beyonde me to farre.


  62. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "wente" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.