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We belittle ourselves in the sight of God and men, bemean ourselves in the presence of the moral law, and stay more or less our progress in the great educational work of life.

From Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women On the Various Duties of Life, Physical, Intellectual, And Moral Development; Self-Culture, Improvement, Dress, Beauty, Fashion, Employment, Education, The Home Relations, Their Duties To Young Men, Marriage, Womanhood And Happiness. by George Sumner Weaver

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 Arthur Scott Bailey

“Which you’d best fetch this gentleman a light, Master Antony,” said cook; “for I ain’t going to bemean myself.”

From The Story of Antony Grace by George Manville Fenn

"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 Charles Edward Pearce

Everything is so foul already that surely it is not worth while to bemean ourselves any further by attempting to gloss over the filth!”

From Uncle's dream; And The Permanent Husband by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

To Chagford’s amazement he so far bemeaned himself as to offer the sextoness his hand, and she accepted it.

From Children of the Mist by Eden Phillpotts

"When missus bemeaned herself to shout out at me as if I'd been a sarpint," cried Clo, viciously.

From A Noble Woman by Ann S. (Ann Sophia) Stephens

She bemeaned him until at last I asked her why she didn't leave him, and added that I would not stand such crankiness for one moment.

From Letters of a Woman Homesteader by Elinore Pruitt Stewart

M. le Comte de Cambray would think himself bemeaned were he to parley with a traitor.

From The Bronze Eagle A Story of the Hundred Days by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy

When you are reviled, bemeaned and slandered, and are tempted to retort, He says to you, “Put up thy sword into the sheath.”

From When the Holy Ghost is Come by Col. S. L. Brengle

Bessie, and two trimly dressed maidens of riper years, waited upon the guests, nor thought the occupation bemeaning.

From The Life and Adventures of Maj. Roger Sherman Potter by F. Colburn (Francis Colburn) Adams

We are daily trying to eliminate all that is animal, all that is gross and bemeaning in us, even to the extent of reducing the flavors of our foods to the lowest tolerable point.

From The Lord of Death and the Queen of Life by Homer Eon Flint