betimes
Example Sentences
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Poppies don’t bloom in December — not even here — and roses put in an appearance only betimes.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 13, 2022
It originated as Union Army surplus fabric after the Civil War, and 19th-century officers wore it betimes with a cowboy hat, or with an Abe Lincoln stovepipe topper.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 3, 2021
"Moral Rearmament" became the 1938 slogan of Dr. Frank Buchman's Oxford Groups, who worked betimes for a religious revival, and betimes announced that it had already happened.
From Time Magazine Archive
Next morning he was up betimes and off to the Vatican for a conference of nearly two hours with Papal Secretary of State Luigi Cardinal Maglione.
From Time Magazine Archive
What, up yet, little one?" he said; "and yet thou must bestir thyself betimes to-morrow for prayers.
From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.
Vocabulary lists containing betimes
"The Tragedy of Macbeth," Vocabulary from Act 3
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"To an Athlete Dying Young" by A. E. Housman
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