besom

Example Sentences

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Her chariot was a mortar, which she pushed with a pestle, using her besom to erase her singular track.

From Time Magazine Archive

There was a flicker like green fire in his eyes, and his beard stood out stiff as a great besom.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien

His admiration and excitement knew no bounds; he could not sit at the dinner-table, but rushed out perpetually to look at the glorious sight, repeating: “It is a besom of destruction sweeping the sky.”

From Tennyson and His Friends by Various

The king’s áferoch had been busy since early morn, and every thing had been swept with the besom of destruction.

From The Highlands of Ethiopia by Harris, William Cornwallis

There had been a little variance in the "besom of destruction" which operated in favor of that mysterious cat.

From A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. by Bartlett, William Chauncey