base-minded
Example Sentences
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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
She was not base-minded; nothing could have induced her to marry a man, however rich, whom she thought wicked.
From Cashel Byron's Profession by Bernard Shaw
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
This desirable end can only be attained by making it respectable, and sheltering its professors from the insult and oppression of the ignorant, the base-minded, and the illiberal.
From The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Volume I, Number 1 by S. C. (Stephen Cullen) Carpenter
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
