beseem
Example Sentences
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Messire, I have no mind to assume any dispute with you; yet you must be aware that it would ill beseem any one of true knightly courage to draw aside and to give you way.
From The Story of Sir Launcelot and His Companions by Howard Pyle
And Maud saith— “Prithee, Jack, take no airs, for they beseem thee but very ill.”
From In Convent Walls The Story of the Despensers by M. (Madelaine) Irwin
"Sir," said she, "it will not beseem me to wear a knight's garment."
From King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table by Unknown
But, after this, it would not beseem me to do else than record the fact that the new suburban district springing up beside the road, half a mile past Welling, is called “Crook Log.”
From The Dover Road Annals of an Ancient Turnpike by Charles G. Harper
And upon what takes place when they enter into their chamber and shut the door and face their sorrow alone with God, it does not beseem us to intrude.
From One Day at a Time and Other Talks on Life and Religion by Arch. Alexander
