usen't

One usen't always to see clearly before that time.

Howards End 1924

I usen't to go out at the elementary school and now I don't need to.

A Young Girl's Diary 1923

I usen't to mind before I was rich, and father and Felicity and you and I had a good time together.

The Lee Shore Rose Macaulay 1919

"I'm so tired these days -- suddenly -- I usen't to be ..."

The Captives Hugh Walpole 1912

It was very lonely here for a girl who had had a gay time, and he usen't to like my going to

Fortitude Hugh Walpole 1912

"It is perfectly disgraceful of you," said she, looking him up and down and taking the rose from him, "and there is no time to dress now; you usen't to be as careless as that," she put the rose in his coat.

The Man Who Lost Himself 1907

I'm blest if I usen't to have to put him up to ask for a thing when I wanted it myself.

Cashel Byron's Profession George Bernard Shaw 1903

An 'when I saw it hurt him I usen't to do it again -- for a while -- at least.

Peg O' My Heart J. Hartley Manners 1899

I usen't to go out at the elementary school and now I don't need to.

A Young Girl's Diary Anonymous 1897

At first I usen't to sleep at nights, thinkin 'of Clint, an' missin 'him, an' I got shaky and no good.

Northern Lights Gilbert Parker 1897