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Meanings of wonted place in English

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Usage of wonted place in English
1
Then they made the ropes secure, each in its wonted place.
Arthurian Chronicles: Roman de Brut
2
Well it was, Lord, that you were not sleeping in your wonted place.
A Prince of Cornwall / A Story of Glastonbury and the West in th...
3
As they sped toward her apartment the roses took their wonted place in her cheeks.
The Voice on the Wire
4
I would not see Madame Gaudin, hung my key in its wonted place, and departed.
The Magic Skin
5
Did you note what the man said about my not sleeping in my wonted place?
A Prince of Cornwall / A Story of Glastonbury and the West in th...
6
That stockbroker, some brief summers gone, who was missed from his wonted place one settling-day!
Pagan Papers
7
Bâtard had a way, the first thing each day, of looking for the weapon in its wonted place.
The Call of the Wild, White Fang and Other Stories
8
He had known from the day the regiment had gone by without Captain Langrishe in his wonted place.
Mary Gray
9
He had been pale at first, but in talking the fine dark red took its wonted place in his cheeks.
What Necessity Knows
10
She rose even earlier than usual, and hastily dressed that she might resume her wonted place as mistress of her father's household.
Opening a Chestnut Burr
11
It hath been riven in pieces, burnt, and otherwise destroyed; but ever on the subsequent day it is seen filling its wonted place.
Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2
12
She found the accountant in his little office, seated in his wonted place, and leaning over the everlasting ledger which was open before him.
Fruitfulness
13
At the morning parade, from my wonted place at the end of the line, I watched him with astonishment, reviewing the troops as usual.
Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill
14
Overhead the stars were slipping into their wonted places.
A Hoosier Chronicle
15
"I shall see Flora and Tom to-morrow!" said Harry, after nodding with satisfaction, as they all took their wonted places.
The Daisy Chain, or Aspirations
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