ownest
Example Sentences
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If thou hadst done this thing thou ownest to, it had gone better with thee than now, when thou standest a liar and boaster in a filthy cause.
From Little Novels of Italy by Hewlett, Maurice Henry
I don’t want my ownest mother to be hurt.
From Daddy's Girl by Meade, L. T.
This is my ownest self that speaks to you now; that is—that is your friend, and it will never change!
From The Woman from Outside [on Swan River] by Footner, Hulbert
Salutations to thee that ownest an ugly mouth, that hast a tongue resembling a scimitar, and that hast large teeth.
From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan
“Nursie,” said Sibyl, two months after the events related in the last chapter, “mother says that when my ownest father comes back again we’ll be very rich.”
From Daddy's Girl by Meade, L. T.
