wont

Example Sentences

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“The market can do anything,” Richard Russell, the author of the Dow Theory Letters, was wont to remind his readers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

Not a beat later, she changed her mind, as she’s wont to do.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 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

The event was packed and it went on for many hours as his rallies are wont to do.

From Salon • Oct. 28, 2024

But it stayed silent, as lamps are wont to do.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi