Wont

Definition

wont /wǝƱnt; US wↄ:nt/ adj ~ (to do sth) ( dated or rhet ) အက်င့္ရိွေသာ။ …ေလ့ရိွေသာ။ He was wont to fall asleep during meals. n [sing] ( fml or rhet ) အေလ့။ အက်င့္။ She got up early, as was her wont.

Examples

1. ‘Well
2. linguistician that I am
3. my first thoughts set me to playing about with semantics and
4. as is my wont on these occasions
5. to casting my thoughts back to the bard.’
6. ‘First an apology - I have a number of new blogs linking to me
7. and I haven't yet reciprocated nor given their blogs a quick one-line review
8. as is my wont.’
9. ‘Prabhu Prasad
10. the celebrity father of ‘Hai Rabba’ Smita
11. was tapping his feet to the pulsating music as is his wont.’
12. ‘Shearer
13. as is his wont
14. scored against Leeds
15. just as he had done twice at Elland Road on the opening day of the season
16. just as he had for Southampton and Blackburn so often before.’
17. ‘As is his wont
18. Latapy drifts left when he is getting bogged down in the middle and
19. from the wing position
20. he cut in past his man for Grant Brebner to flick his low cross behind Mampaey.’
21. ‘The ball was old and the pitch was slow and Jones
22. as was his wont
23. was moving around the crease to disrupt the bowler's line. Jack decided to stand up to the stumps.’
24. ‘Their supporters had settled for a draw when
25. with the whistle already between the referee's lips
26. Owen ghosted in unnoticed
27. to nod in a cross from Joe Cole.’
28. ‘But certainly in the first half City
29. as is their wont
30. refused to wallow in self-pity and played like a side determined to make light of any inconveniences.’
31. ‘Also
32. perhaps because I'm so familiar with Peter Pan itself
33. my mind
34. as is its wont
35. tended to wander
36. if not wonder.’
37. ‘Gerry
38. recalled some of the stories of the old days in the Mayo News
39. the ‘hot metal’ days as he would always describe them.’
40. ‘Without the right gradient to drain off onto the edges and without the drains
41. water
42. finds its own shape
43. filling every crevice and crater.’
44. ‘As is their wont
45. the supporters of his ‘rivals’ strongly objected to it.’
46. ‘I went into college today
47. as is my wont
48. to study English.’
49. ‘The good General frames it perfectly
50. as is his wont; but don't get lazy
51. do click through to the original SFGate item.’
52. ‘John spoke briefly
53. but sincerely
54. as is his wont.’
55. ‘As is often the wont of those who have succeeded through factional alliances