twain

Example Sentences

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When the wind blows hard, and their branches and boughs thrash and creak, I am convinced they will topple over and cleave my home in twain.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

Historically, each group did their own thing, “and never the twain should meet until, like, you had to,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 27, 2024

That's true of religion and genre franchise entertainment, and often the twain meets within the fandoms of heritage brands like "Star Wars," the Tolkien universe, and, yes, "Star Trek."

From Salon • Mar. 2, 2023

“This is one of the evils of the ‘two cultures’ myth,” he says: Some students are channeled into scientific subjects, and others into humanities, and “never the twain shall meet.”

From Science Magazine • Jan. 18, 2023

And at Batavia High School, never the twain shall meet.

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed