besetment

Example Sentences

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For since he had come out of prison he was every day more subject to this besetment of recalling the past.

From The Prisoner by Brown, Alice

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.

So in one short week, two are gone out of my husband's class.—This morning I felt great power in prayer, and an ardent desire for full deliverance from every besetment.

From Religion in Earnest A Memorial of Mrs. Mary Lyth, of York by Lyth, John

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

Hitherto it had been the chief aim of Arctic explorations to avoid besetment, and to try and creep round the land shores.

From The Story of Geographical Discovery How the World Became Known by Jacobs, Joseph