doth
Example Sentences
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The faithful felt Hugo doth protest too much, and voted him out at the next opportunity, making the barrister their first traitor scalp.
From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026
“The lady doth protest too much, methinks,” she whispers of an overwrought performance shown on stage in the Shakespearean tragedy.
From Barron's • Oct. 28, 2025
I’m fond of quoting William Shakespeare in times like these; in his play Julius Caesar, Caesar says, “The skies are painted with unnumber’d sparks, they are all fire and every one doth shine.”
From Scientific American • Aug. 25, 2023
His acceptance speech included a quotation from Francis Bacon: “Prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue.”
From New York Times • Sep. 9, 2022
I put die cool doth back over my eyes and went to sleep again.
From "The Cay" by Theodore Taylor
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