besetment
Example Sentences
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The end of the besetment came at last.
From Explorers and Travellers by Adolphus W. Greely
After a long and dangerous besetment in the polar ice to the north of Bering Strait, the American whaling-ship Navrach was abandoned August 14, 1897.
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
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
Hitherto it had been the chief aim of Arctic explorations to avoid besetment, and to try and creep round the land shores.
From The Story of Geographical Discovery How the World Became Known by Joseph Jacobs
