bemean
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Etymology
Origin of bemean
Example Sentences
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“Which you’d best fetch this gentleman a light, Master Antony,” said cook; “for I ain’t going to bemean myself.”
From The Story of Antony Grace by Fenn, George Manville
"I wouldn't bemean myself," countered Horace loftily, and didn't.
From Driftwood Spars The Stories of a Man, a Boy, a Woman, and Certain Other People Who Strangely Met Upon the Sea of Life by Wren, Percival Christopher
Faith, I wadna sae bemean mysel' to get the king oot o' Whitehall—wha they tell me is no that ill to get, gin yin had the chance—and in muckle the same way as Tam Lindsay.
From The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
"Nothing of the kind," cried Lavinia, furious that her mother should think she would so bemean herself.
From Madame Flirt A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera' by Pearce, Charles Edward
We belittle ourselves in the sight of God and men, bemean ourselves in the presence of the moral law, and stay more or less our progress in the great educational work of life.
M. le Comte de Cambray would think himself bemeaned were he to parley with a traitor.
From The Bronze Eagle A Story of the Hundred Days by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness
When you are reviled, bemeaned and slandered, and are tempted to retort, He says to you, “Put up thy sword into the sheath.”
From When the Holy Ghost is Come by Brengle, Col. S. L.
"When missus bemeaned herself to shout out at me as if I'd been a sarpint," cried Clo, viciously.
From A Noble Woman by Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia)
To Chagford’s amazement he so far bemeaned himself as to offer the sextoness his hand, and she accepted it.
From Children of the Mist by Phillpotts, Eden
She bemeaned him until at last I asked her why she didn't leave him, and added that I would not stand such crankiness for one moment.
From Letters of a Woman Homesteader by Stewart, Elinore Pruitt
We are daily trying to eliminate all that is animal, all that is gross and bemeaning in us, even to the extent of reducing the flavors of our foods to the lowest tolerable point.
From The Lord of Death and the Queen of Life by Flint, Homer Eon
Bessie, and two trimly dressed maidens of riper years, waited upon the guests, nor thought the occupation bemeaning.
From The Life and Adventures of Maj. Roger Sherman Potter by Adams, F. Colburn (Francis Colburn)
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