Translations for „wont“ in the English » Russian Dictionary

I . wont [wəʊnt, Am wɔ:nt] ADJ form

to be wont to +infin

име́ть привы́чку [или обыкнове́ние]

II . wont [wəʊnt, Am wɔ:nt] N no pl form

wont

обы́чай m

wont

привы́чка f

as is/was her/his wont

у неё/него́/есть/была́ привы́чка

Usage examples with wont

to be wont to +infin

име́ть привы́чку [или обыкнове́ние]

as is/was her/his wont

у неё/него́/есть/была́ привы́чка

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

It states that a cleric one day followed him with an evil intention to a retired chapel, where the saint was wont to pray.

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This is not because he is wont to dress in leathers.

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They are wont to pursue wealth, luxury and wantonness.

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In the days of his greatness he was wont to take a couple of snifters every morning before breakfast.

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Governments, and their rusted on supporters, are wont to whine about the senate.

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At that time the same people who were wont to deny it, would be trembling with fear and seeing with awe struck eyes all that they thought was impossible.

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Which sadly, she sometimes gets, as awful but attractive people are wont to do.

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But he soon played himself into ecstasy as was his wont, and the audience cheered.

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Still, they're here and people dance, as they are wont to do.

isthmus.com

Though on the surface, one is wont to empathise with him as he commendably did some research with a government officer before penning his comments.

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