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wont

[wawnt, wohnt, wuhnt] / wɔnt, woʊnt, wʌnt /
ADJECTIVE
in the habit of
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In addition, we are rolling up the two SPY bull spreads where the long call was deeply in the money, as is our wont.

From MarketWatch Aug. 6, 2026

Minority Leader John Boehner, as was his wont, teared up at the ceremony.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

Titled “Mary Magdalene,” it mixes fact and fiction, as in general seems to be Davis’ wont as a natural-born storyteller, always refining her tale through fabulation and embellishment.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 9, 2025

"I think that the old stereotypical idea that girls wont go out and play in the rain and the cold isn't true, they absolutely will."

From BBC Nov. 28, 2024

“It is very educational,” said the Wart “I cant think of anything more educational than to see some real knights fighting. Oh, wont you please do it?”

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

His notions of art are liable to express themselves in pipes, steins, and other masculine bric-a-brac; but whatever his wills and wonts on the furnishing question, his room must show care and attention.

From The Complete Home by Clara E. (Clara Elizabeth) Laughlin

But I am more lonely than ever Rhistaun wonts of, for this I tell thee, when I hear the gods I know not what They say.

From Time and the Gods by Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, Baron Dunsany

“In woods, in waves, in wars, she wonts to dwell And will be found with peril and with pain.”

From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Isaac Disraeli

I wonts ter read de hymms an' songs.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 1 by Various

Nothing wonts me to a new place more than the birds.

From Birds and Poets : with Other Papers by John Burroughs

Bitter-leaning amaro, full of restorative herbs, is a wonted — and excellent — choice.

From New York Times Dec. 17, 2021

Not only does the moment underline the fascination of Lecter, but it also subverts classical music’s wonted role as signifier of the good.

From Washington Post Oct. 6, 2017

She often seems daunted In the face of the wonted, But her manners are ruly and her hats are set wry.

From Time Magazine Archive

I am prepared to sacrifice all ideas of rest and recreation to help the business regain its wonted position.

From Time Magazine Archive

There was no position in reference to matter or objects; not the recognition of surfaces; the senses themselves collapsed and abrogated their wonted distinctions; and the body was left aware but bereft.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

Wont, wont or wonted, wonting, wont or wonted.

From The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown

By wonting thyself every moment to independence in judgment, joined together with serenity of thought and simplicity in act and bearing.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 3 by Hamilton Wright Mabie




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