besetment

Example Sentences

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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

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

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 Perram, Annie Frances

Alston had a vague uncomfortable besetment that his mother would have had a warmer hope for him if he had been tempted of demons, tortured by doubts.

From The Prisoner by Brown, Alice

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 Greely, Adolphus W.