Examples of 'thou wert' in a sentence

Meaning of "thou wert"

thou wert ~ The phrase 'thou wert' is an archaic form in English and can be interpreted as 'you were' in modern English. It is an old-fashioned way of expressing the past tense of the verb 'to be' when referring to the second person singular 'thou' (an outdated pronoun). This phrase is rarely used in contemporary language and is more commonly found in historical texts, poems, or religious literature

How to use "thou wert" in a sentence

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I would thou wert so happy by thy stay.
And go thou straight as thou wert commanded.
But thou wert born but to become again.
The announcement that thou wert to be no more.
Thou wert with me in the prison and kept me pure.
I would thou wert the man.
And thou this year shalt be as thou wert last.
For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree.
Tis the more time thou wert used.
I would thou wert so happy by thy stay to hear true shrift.
How came it then that thou wert unscathed by.
Thou wert our hope and thou wert kind to us and not cruel.
I knew that thou wert coming.
Now if thou wert a poet I might have some hope thou didst feign.
They ask thee as though thou wert familiar therewith.

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Thou wert poor and I have enriched thee.
Before I make thee sorry thou wert born.
I will grant thou wert not married to my Muse.
And look thyself be faultless, thou wert best.
And Thou wert left alone.
Worthiness Thou wert.
Yet I would thou wert in better plight to do battle.
If thou love me, tis time thou wert away.
Than when thou wert Protector to thy King.
Either they are thine, or else thou wert not his.
Jesus Thou wert raised.
When the world was languishing in ceaseless expectation, thou wert already its hope.
Cousin, thou wert not wont to be so dull.
Taste of it first, as thou wert wont to do.
Thou wert this presence of his brother 's.
For all the Welshmen, hearing thou wert dead.
Thou wert a brilliant technician, but no philosopher.
Ere the foundations of the earth were laid, Thou wert.
Authorities feared that thou wert possessed, or even worse … loosened so that in the population.
We have been fighting at Arques, and thou wert not there.
Thou wert better gall the devil, Salisbury.
Who said that thou wert sold?
Thou wert cut down in My name, and My body crucified.
Ask, why is it that thou wert not long ago destroyed?
Thou wert with me, but I was not with Thee.
O Mary mine, if thou wert a burgher 's daughter.
Thou wert put to sleep, with magic.
All other men were hateful to me . But thou, thou wert beautiful!
And Thou wert left alone, Every existence would exist in Thee.
Before I make thee sorry thou wert born … - … tell me where the girl is.
Thou wert fair, my love.
For all the Welshmen, hearing thou wert dead, are gone to Bolingbroke, dispersed and fled.
Thou wert fair on the hill among thousands! he was terrible in fight!
Here, Sir . Tis the more time thou wert used.
Unless thou wert hard-favored.

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