Example Sentences

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Oh me—that horrid, horrid dream Besets me now awake!

From English Songs and Ballads by Crosland, T. W. H. (Thomas William Hodgson)

For if she thus, with pleadings loud, Besets my door each day, Her coming soon will weary me, I'll send her then away.

From The Parables of the Saviour The Good Child's Library, Tenth Book by Anonymous

Oh God, that horrid, horrid dream Besets me now awake!

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 340, Supplementary Number (1828) by Various

The stream Besets a grim array where order reigns, Though many hearts may beat, where discipline Is all, and life of no account.

From A Lute of Jade : selections from the classical poets of China by Cranmer-Byng, L. (Launcelot)