besetment
Example Sentences
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That-air besetment of Floretty's," said The Hired Man,—"singin—she inhairited,— Her father wuz addicted—same as her— To singin'—yes, and played the dulcimer!
From A Child-World by Riley, James Whitcomb
In any path of performance there is but one step which is irrevocable, namely, the final one, and in Charlotte Farnham's besetment this step was the mailing of the letter to Mr. Galbraith.
From The Price by Lynde, Francis
The end of the besetment came at last.
From Explorers and Travellers by Greely, Adolphus W.
After a besetment of eight months and nine days, in which she drifted twelve hundred miles to the south, the yacht escaped, buffeted, racked, and leaking.
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.
