base-minded
Example Sentences
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"Wrong about what?" said Moulder, turning very sharply upon his base-minded compatriot.
From Orley Farm by Trollope, Anthony
Ought she to have left it to a then new and small power to take vengeance on her mean, base-minded, yet powerful foe?
From Zenobia or, the Fall of Palmyra by Ware, William
Benefits conferred on base-minded people are like drops of water thrown into the sea.
From Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote by Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de
Honesty to him is nice singularity, repentance superstitious melancholy, gravity dulness, and all virtue an innocent conceit of the base-minded.
From Character Writings of the 17th Century by Various
I wonder how base-minded that king thinks me, that, with patience, I can digest this dishonourable ——.
From Minstrelsy of the Scottish border, Volume 1 by Scott, Walter, Sir
