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doth

How to use doth in a sentence. Live example sentences for doth pulled from indexed public discussions.

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That which is firme doth flit and fall away, And that is flitting doth abide and stay.

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That which is firme doth flit and fall away, And that is flitting doth abide and stay.

Example sentences

1

That which is firme doth flit and fall away, And that is flitting doth abide and stay.

2

In the words of Hilaire Belloc: Wherever the Catholic sun doth shine, There’s always laughter and good red wine.

3

How doth the little tronodile Improve his clanking tail, And pour the glowing hobo bile On every stainless scale!

4

Cut The Rope doth not a great browser make!

5

Verily, thou doth sound like a pretentious ass.

6

That said, my gmail account doth not run over, tho it may be that I just picked a bad day to post this to HN.

7

Male hackers doth protest too much, methinks.

8

The lady doth protest too much, methinks.

9

The blogger doth protest too much, methinks.

10

Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason?

11

In me thou see'st the glowing of such fire That on the ashes of his youth doth lie, As the death-bed whereon it must expire Consum'd with that which it was nourish'd by.

12

Perhaps my semblance might deceive the truth, That I to manhood am arrived so near, And inward ripeness doth much less appear That some more timely happy spirits indueth.

Quote examples

1

The clarifying sentence of marrying people that live elsewhere etc screams of "the lady doth protest too much".

2

When you hear them start to talk about "our employees are our greatest asset", then you know they doth protest too much.

3

It also sounds like "the lady doth protest too much." Mobile operators are well known for pushing advertising and tracking to their customers.

4

Yes, trying to pay better attention you notice "Whose shade in dreams doth wake the sleeping morn" doesn't make that much sense (wake a sleeping morning?).

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How do you use doth in a sentence?

That which is firme doth flit and fall away, And that is flitting doth abide and stay.