besetment
Example Sentences
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Jane listened attentively, and promised to remember the warning, and guard against what she knew to be her greatest besetment.
From For John's Sake and Other Stories. by Annie Frances Perram
After a besetment of twenty-four days, Iberville succeeded in extricating his vessel from the ice and passed into the bay.
From Explorers and Travellers by Adolphus W. Greely
So in one short week, two are gone out of my husband's class.—This morning I felt great power in prayer, and an ardent desire for full deliverance from every besetment.
From Religion in Earnest A Memorial of Mrs. Mary Lyth, of York by John Lyth
And the curious part of the besetment is that I have known all along that I was killing your love for me.
From The City of Numbered Days by Francis Lynde
Alston had a vague uncomfortable besetment that his mother would have had a warmer hope for him if he had been tempted of demons, tortured by doubts.
From The Prisoner by Alice Brown
