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 Anthony Trollope
Liberal and brave men live best, they seldom cherish sorrow; but a base-minded man dreads everything; the niggardly is uneasy even at gifts.
From The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson by Saemund Sigfusson
Benefits conferred on base-minded people are like drops of water thrown into the sea.
From Wit and Wisdom of Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
For all that, he does not appear in his writings a selfish or base-minded man.
From Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions Volume 2 by Frank Harris
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 Sir Walter Scott
