Wasn't

Definition

wasn't /'wɒznt; US also 'wʌznt/ ❍ be

Examples

1. ‘It wasn't bad enough to refuse to eat or pay for
2. but it wasn't good enough to entice us back.’
3. ‘It wasn't great when a pair of tenants turned up alone for a viewing the other day.’
4. ‘He told me that wasn't necessary
5. and that they live here
6. and that they are used to it.’
7. ‘The next morning my mum told me they had been on the phone saying I wasn't meant to leave.’
8. ‘If it wasn't a private firm
9. we would probably be hearing an awful lot more about it.’
10. ‘It wasn't until very late in the novel that my own feelings came into it
11. and by then it was too late.’
12. ‘The police said he wasn't
13. they said he was up north
14. and as it turned out they were right.’
15. ‘I guess a guy in a tutu and clown shoes wasn't part of the threat scenarios they planned on.’
16. ‘The specialist wasn't quite sure what the problem was and that is why he went back to see him.’
17. ‘Having backed himself into a corner he still wasn't big enough to admit he was wrong.’
18. ‘While it wasn't that bad
19. for one set of fans in the corner of the ground
20. it sure felt like it.’
21. ‘He was still hitting me but I was thinking he had my money and I wasn't going to let him go.’
22. ‘They told us that the building wasn't standing any more and we were in the centre of rubble.’
23. ‘He says that it wasn't until then that he felt able to fully share his emotions with women.’
24. ‘He wasn't the first or last pioneer to come to grief in man's quest to conquer the skies.’
25. ‘In June the sea was warm enough to swim in but the weather wasn't too hot for sightseeing.’
26. ‘I would like to think it wasn't a true reflection and tonight we can show that is the case.’
27. ‘I knew what I was doing wasn't right
28. and a lot of people are a lot worse off than we were.’
29. ‘He had his arms down at one point
30. trying to draw me in but I wasn't going to get involved.’
31. ‘The place wasn't exactly packed but that is perhaps to be expected on the first night.’