besetment
Example Sentences
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After a besetment of eight months and nine days, in which she drifted twelve hundred miles to the south, the yacht escaped, buffeted, racked, and leaking.
From True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World by Greely, Adolphus W.
He made every effort to shake off this new besetment, this fresh assault upon the tranquility he had attained.
From The Hidden Places by Sinclair, Bertrand W.
That-air besetment of Floretty's," said The Hired Man,—"singin—she inhairited,— Her father wuz addicted—same as her— To singin'—yes, and played the dulcimer!
From A Child-World by Riley, James Whitcomb
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 Lynde, Francis
The end of the besetment came at last.
From Explorers and Travellers by Greely, Adolphus W.
