wore
verb
uk
/wɔːr/ us
/wɔːr/Meaning of wore in English
(Definition of wore from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
wore | American Dictionary
wore
us
/wɔr, woʊr/past simple of wear
Examples of wore
wore
Other industries in my constituency are woring a four-day week.
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I agree that that is a very great improvement, because nearly all the collieries were working short time, but many of them to-day are not woring to full capacity.
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The chorus was dressed rather modestly while the dancers wore expensive and opulent costumes.
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She wore a blue serge gown with a shirt dotted with little blue + red spots.
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Patients sat y32 cm from the ionizer and wore a grounded wrist strap to maximize ion flow toward the body.
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They wore down the army through guerrilla and mobile warfare, the first two phases in a protracted war.
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Although he wore it lightly, he was always a thoughtful man, and time and again his judgement was proved sound.
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Over time, they were unable to avoid widespread accusations of treachery and betrayal, and this wore them down.
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Subjects wore a black eye-patch over the non-dominant eye.
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The relative decline of the radical press as the 1850s wore on meant that the potential political power of the novel was immense.
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He studied times, places, different types of beggars - almost even the clothes that they wore - to heighten the effect that they created.
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They wore patriotic colours, red, white, and blue, and their jackets buttoned at the back, as a daily, practical exercise in fraternal interdependence.
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Most members dressed in leotards, tights and ballet shoes or wore leggings and t-shirts with their feet bare.
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They were dressed in white and wore garlands that seemed to shine.
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The husband wore a white striped dressing gown and was a well-built man.
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