Noun
I like rap and my parents like country music, and never the twain shall meet in our house.
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Noun
In beauty, there’s truth and trend — and rarely the twain shall meet.—Wwd Staff, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2025 Thankfully, Wednesday is only being split in twain.—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025 The Eiffel Tower is warped and displaced, the Arc de Triomphe hewn in twain.—Joshua Rivera, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2025 Wondering where the twain meet with these veteran politicians?—Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for twain
Word History
Etymology
Adjective
Middle English, from Old English twēgen — more at two
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