base-minded

Example Sentences

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I wonder how base-minded that king thinks me, that, with patience, I can digest this dishonourable ——.

From Minstrelsy of the Scottish border, Volume 1 by Scott, Walter, Sir

Ought she to have left it to a then new and small power to take vengeance on her mean, base-minded, yet powerful foe?

From Zenobia or, the Fall of Palmyra by Ware, William

She was not base-minded; nothing could have induced her to marry a man, however rich, whom she thought wicked.

From Cashel Byron's Profession by Shaw, Bernard

"Wrong about what?" said Moulder, turning very sharply upon his base-minded compatriot.

From Orley Farm by Trollope, Anthony

Honesty to him is nice singularity, repentance superstitious melancholy, gravity dulness, and all virtue an innocent conceit of the base-minded.

From Character Writings of the 17th Century by Various