besetment

Example Sentences

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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)

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.

The end of the besetment came at last.

From Explorers and Travellers by Greely, Adolphus W.

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

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