bethink

When a New Englander needs an image for swarming bees he may not bethink him of showered stars, yet sparks from a Fourth of July pinwheel are quite as effective and wholly permissible.

From Time Magazine Archive

But the head of the French department did not bethink himself in time to procure a bust of Ronsard to be duly "crowned," during the ceremony.

From Time Magazine Archive

Yet many readers will bethink themselves of many Cynthias and wonder if it is too late, or just timely, to pass the book along.

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But bethink you that poor Frank Lloyd was not likely to have the means of purchasing thee such a pretty toy, much as he would like to please his old friend.

From Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures by William Black

And pray him look inside the huts at his horse-palace door, and bethink himself it is well to house his horses, and stable his folk.'

From The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages by Charles Reade

Then the doctor bethinks himself of ultraviolet rays.

From Time Magazine Archive

And he bethinks himself,—does it lie somewhere under the harsh and dogmatic utterances of the Ashfield pulpit?

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866 by Various

So when an untaught and uncorrupted mind looks upon a new scene and bethinks itself of a name to fit it, the name is almost certainly full of charm or rugged power.

From The Little Manx Nation - 1891 by Sir Hall Caine

As a last resource, Sakuntala bethinks herself of the ring given her by her husband, but on discovering that it is lost, abandons hope.

From Tales from the Hindu Dramatists by J. S. Zemin

After languishing for a week or more in darkness and misery, Hopeful suddenly bethinks him of a key which he has in his bosom, a key that will unlock any door in the castle.

From In Jeopardy by Van Tassel Sutphen

In his Discourse on Inequality, he lamented "the first man who, having enclosed a piece of ground, bethought himself of saying, 'This is mine,' and found people simple enough to believe him."

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2017

Many a dark night has passed since the great Osman, looking into a pool of blood, saw a star and the crescent moon there reflected and bethought him of a design for the Turkish flag.*

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At Houston, Tex., authorities bethought themselves that criminals are criminals, and abolished the "State Honor Farm," from which 49 "honor prisoners" have already escaped this year.

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In this emergency a fertile-minded office man bethought him of telephotography.

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“Now. All night, I lay and I bethought myself—how to leave so I won’t be forgot? And behold.”

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

Sewell professed his delight at such a prospect; and the Judge then, suddenly bethinking himself of the hour,—it was already nigh eleven,—arose.

From Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. by Charles James Lever

And suddenly bethinking her of the pocket that commonly hung between the gown and petticoat, she felt for it.

From Sophia A Romance by Stanley John Weyman

Smith was leading his cohort to the attack, when one of the men, apparently bethinking himself, approached Armathwaite and touched his cap.

From The House 'Round the Corner by Louis Tracy

“Who wants some flowers?” bethinking herself suddenly of the flower charities.

From In Wild Rose Time by Amanda M. Douglas

So the wily Frenchman, bethinking himself how useful it often is to know another man's disagreeable secrets, set himself to discover all he could of his employer's past.

From A Desperate Voyage by Edward Frederick Knight