Ac this maister nor his man No maner flesshe eten; Ac thei eten mete of moore cost, Mortrews and potages Of that men mys-wonne Thei made hem wel at ese.
That Gybbe hadde meschaunce, Than though I hadde this wouke y-wonne A weye of Essex chese.
And on that one parte was fyfe and on that other an Aas/ And eche of that other was a fyfe/ And than Saynt Bernard sayde That he had wonne hys sowle for as moche as he had caste on thre dyse.
But nowe Cortes determined to leaue his house, and not to returne therevnto agayne, vntill he had wonne the Tower.
Be therefore wonne to vse the meanes, that may 100 Aduance your pious ends.
But it is to bewonne with custome, and rough words must be subdued with vse.
Or can you thinke, that, To be borne the Sonne Of some rich Alderman, or ancient Peere, Or that the Fame our Predecessors wonne May claime those Wreathes which true Deserving weare?
For when from herbs the pure part must be wonne 10 From grosse, by Stilling, this is better done By despis'd dung, then by the fire or Sunne.
Whose even constitution might have wonne Any disease to venter on the Sunne, Rather then her: and make a spirit feare, That hee to disuniting subject were.
Wilt thou forgive that sinne which I have wonne Others to sinne?
It was first ruled by a seuerall king, and afterwards wonne from the Britons by Vespasian the legat, at such time as he made a voiage into the west countrie.
Vpon a small Iland, within this sound called Smithes Iland (because he first set vp his forge there) was found a Mine of siluer, but was not wonne out of the rockes without great labour.
Where their Blacke Edward such a Battell wonne As to behold it might amaze the Sunne.
And turning to his men, Quoth famous Henry then, Though they to one be ten, Be not amazed: Yet haue we well begun; Battailes so brauely wonne Euermore to the sonne By fame are raysed.
From Holland, Zeland, and from Flanders wonne By weekely pay, threescore twelue Bottoms came.
And he schal gon thorewe Turkye, and unto the cytee of Nyke, the whyche they wonne from the Emperoure of Constantynople.
But it is to be wonne with custome, and rough words must be subdued with use.
These were wonne from the Tartar, by the late Emperour Iuan Vasiliwich, the one about thirtie fiue, the other about thirtie and three yeares agoe.
Sirrha, thou know'st how Orleance is besieg'd, And how the English haue the Suburbs wonne Boy.
Saint Albons battell wonne by famous Yorke, Shall be eterniz'd in all Age to come.
This happy day Is not it selfe, nor haue wewonne one foot, If Salsbury be lost Rich.
By flatterie hath he wonnethe Commons hearts: And when he please to make Commotion, 'Tis to be fear'd they all will follow him.
SIR, I know not which of us wonne it by the hand, in the last charge of Letters.
If you wonne, you wonne nothing, because I am nothing, or whatsoever I am, you wonne nothing, because I was all yours before.
For these wishes therefore which you wonne out of your pleasure and recreation, you were as excusable to mee if you writ seldom as Sir H.
Indeede, I was their Tutor to instruct them That Codding spirit had they from their Mother, As sure a Card as euer wonne the Set: That bloody minde I thinke they learn'd of me, As true a Dog as euer fought at head.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "wonne" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
