bemean
Example Sentences
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They could scarcely believe that anyone so beautiful and dainty as Betsy Butterfly would bemean herself by robbing Farmer Green—or anybody else.
From The Tale of Betsy Butterfly Tuck-Me-In Tales by Bailey, Arthur Scott
Surely we need no further bemean and befoul ourselves!
From Uncle's dream; And The Permanent Husband by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
"Nothing of the kind," cried Lavinia, furious that her mother should think she would so bemean herself.
From Madame Flirt A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera' by Pearce, Charles Edward
"I wouldn't bemean myself," countered Horace loftily, and didn't.
From Driftwood Spars The Stories of a Man, a Boy, a Woman, and Certain Other People Who Strangely Met Upon the Sea of Life by Wren, Percival Christopher
He was fighting for his life, and no eye could bemean that effort.
From The Strength of the Pines by Marshall, Edison
