besetment
Example Sentences
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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 James Whitcomb Riley
This besetment, on September 12, 1846, must have been a grievous blow to Franklin, who was now practically assured of the existence of the northwest passage along the continental coast of North America.
From True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World by Adolphus W. Greely
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
For since he had come out of prison he was every day more subject to this besetment of recalling the past.
From The Prisoner by Alice Brown
It was now two hundred days since their besetment, and they had drifted more than six hundred miles, with all in health save the doctor.
From True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World by Adolphus W. Greely
