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Thankfully, most of the other celebrations of besottedness here require no such cringing.

From Slate • Aug. 23, 2019

Given such besottedness, does the writing even matter?

From New York Times • May 18, 2018

Such was the general state of besottedness that many of the faithful blissfully accepted the new prediction.

From The Infant's Skull Or The End of the World. A Tale of the Millennium by Sue, Eugène

There is such a thing as a divine besottedness.

From Toilers of the Sea by Hugo, Victor

Something should be done for them, too—for that baby, dragging its rag-doll in the cigar-box, poor little soul, abandoned to a life of besottedness, ignorance and evil!

From The Valiants of Virginia by Rives, Hallie Erminie