Example sentences for: wont

How can you use “wont” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Without even a passing reference to the current president, Kissinger calls his former boss "politically astute yet prone to self-destructive acts; deeply patriotic yet wont to hazard his achievements on tawdry practices."

  • For example, puddle-jumper is defined as RAF (1942) slang for a small communications aircraft; that might be coincidence, but it surely is of American origin, traceable back to the gear in which Uncle Don was wont to arrive for his radio program on rainy days in the early 1930s.

  • In any event, meander as I am wont to do, you have gone far in your chosen field.

  • TBWA Chiat/Day and Wieden & Kennedy certainly exaggerated their radicalism, as advertising people are wont to do, but the 1984 Apple ad and the original "Just Do It" ads for Nike did look qualitatively different from what had come before.

  • As was their wont in those less orderly days, Giants fans immediately came swarming onto the field when their team won, and Merkle wanted to get a head start on the happy mob.


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