molest
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
No; she will never weep the tears Which thou would'st Virtue's deign to call; Nor will they, in remoter years, Molest her Father's heart at all.
From The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 2 by Prothero, Rowland E. (Rowland Edmund), Baron Ernle
Save that from yonder ivy-mantled tower The moping owl does to the moon complain Of such as, wandering near her secret bower, Molest her ancient, solitary reign.
From Voices for the Speechless by Firth, Abraham
I distinctly caught the lines—— "Of such as wandering near her sacred bower, Molest her ancient solitary reign."
From The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 3, October, 1851 by Various
But thee may no such boisterous visitants Molest; may gentle breezes fan thy brow; And neither cloud conceal, nor misty air Bedim, the grand terraqueous spectacle, 10 From centre to circumference, unveiled!
From The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Volume IV (of 8) by Wordsworth, William
Molest is rather a hard word, Mr. Ormsby.
From The Scarlet Feather by Grefé, Will
Vocabulary lists containing molest
