besetment

Example Sentences

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From that time she steadily fought against her deadly sin, until its besetment lost all power over her.

From For John's Sake and Other Stories. by Perram, Annie Frances

It was now two hundred days since their besetment, and they had drifted more than six hundred miles, with all in health save the doctor.

From True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World by Greely, Adolphus W.

He made every effort to shake off this new besetment, this fresh assault upon the tranquility he had attained.

From The Hidden Places by Sinclair, Bertrand W.

I am determined to watch and pray until I obtain a triumph over this trying besetment.

From The Story of My Life Being Reminiscences of Sixty Years' Public Service in Canada by Hodgins, J. George (John George)

Alston had a vague uncomfortable besetment that his mother would have had a warmer hope for him if he had been tempted of demons, tortured by doubts.

From The Prisoner by Brown, Alice