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wont

[wawnt, wohnt, wuhnt] / wɔnt, woʊnt, wʌnt /
ADJECTIVE
in the habit of
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Example Sentences

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"It's one game so we wont get too high, we'll enjoy tonight and then we'll get focused on Leeds for next week."

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026

“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

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

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

From Salon • Oct. 28, 2024

The beat knights had gone to perfection, leaving the wont to hold their sieges.

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