bemean
Example Sentences
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They could scarcely believe that anyone so beautiful and dainty as Betsy Butterfly would bemean herself by robbing Farmer Green—or anybody else.
From The Tale of Betsy Butterfly Tuck-Me-In Tales by Bailey, Arthur Scott
Everything is so foul already that surely it is not worth while to bemean ourselves any further by attempting to gloss over the filth!”
From Uncle's dream; And The Permanent Husband by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
If I wanted to bemean myself, could n't I cast up somethin' you would n't like to be minded of?
From Such Is Life by Furphy, Joseph
You and me's in different walks of life, and it's my bounden duty to see as you don't bemean yourself.
From The Ffolliots of Redmarley by Harker, L. Allen (Lizzie Allen)
Surely we need no further bemean and befoul ourselves!
From Uncle's dream; And The Permanent Husband by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
