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.

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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.

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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 thee of the doom that awaits thee at the end of it.”

From The Golden Fleece and The Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles by Padraic Colum

And there are sick maroons in the forecastle, I bethink me you said.

From With Drake on the Spanish Main by Herbert Strang

Then the doctor bethinks himself of ultraviolet rays.

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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

Then Denise bethinks herself of some homely household duties.

From Floyd Grandon's Honor by Amanda Minnie Douglas

Meanwhile the refractory urchin, with no fear to stimulate his sluggish conscience, chuckles, rejoices and is glad, and bethinks himself of some uninvented methods of devilment.

From Explanation of Catholic Morals A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals by John H. (John Henry) Stapleton

He who is about to do something dubious first bethinks himself of some plausible excuse that appears to justify his action, and when this is accepted he is free from all fear of interference.

From Proverb Lore Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources by F. Edward (Frederick Edward) Hulme

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 his meditations he bethought him of the Hippocratic Oath which doctors swear.

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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

Avoiding word-painting and description, like the born poet he is, he begins by calling up for comparison visions of other fanes or palaces of enchantment, and then, bethinking himself of Milton’s cry to Lycidas,

From Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame by Sidney Colvin

I changed my mind, however, bethinking me that the couple were poor, and that if I acted on the inclination, I should be punishing not merely the husband but the wife as well.

From Lawrence Clavering by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason

The danger quickened his faculties: he clung on with a tighter grip, bethinking himself to look whether his fishing spear, which he had stuck into the bark, was still safe.

From Samba A Story of the Rubber Slaves of the Congo by Herbert Strang

"We once staid here for a month, noble sir; and, as to bethinking me of what I shall do, I have bethought me already, but will not stay you to speak about it now."

From Agincourt The Works of G. P. R. James, Volume XX by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James

At any rate, as though bethinking himself of something half forgotten, he changed his mind of a sudden.

From Dr. Grenfell's Parish The Deep Sea Fisherman by Norman Duncan