besetment
Example Sentences
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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.
Our work was now at an end, and we had only to wait for a northerly or westerly wind to release us from our present "besetment," for, in fact, it was now nothing more.
From Three Voyages for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole, Volume 1 by Parry, William Edward, Sir
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
After a besetment of twenty-four days, Iberville succeeded in extricating his vessel from the ice and passed into the bay.
From Explorers and Travellers by Greely, Adolphus W.
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
