beseem

Example Sentences

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Why, does not beseem us here to inquire.

From Burl by Heady, Morrison

I must remain in camp myself, for all the responsibility is on me, that is, first; and second, it does not beseem my office to go on an expedition against ruffians.

From The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk

"My Vladek, I cannot; the more thou art thought a Don Juan, the less does it beseem me, an actress, to take thee to a lone woman who attracts the attention that Hela 22 does."

From Hania by Sienkiewicz, Henryk

For, by what cantrip it wad ill beseem a man to judge, she was hingin’ frae a single nail an’ by a single wursted thread for darnin’ hose.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 5 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

Of course, I have nothing to say against my daughter—she's my own uprearing, so it would ill beseem me to run her down.

From Frances Kane's Fortune by Meade, L. T.