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
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 William Ware
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
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 Sir Walter Scott
