bethinking
- present participle of bethink.
Example Sentences
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In their rhythm too is this increasing velocity, this catching of the breath and this return to the starting-point, this bethinking itself of gravity when it returns to the earth.
From ?mile Verhaeren by Zweig, Stefan
She smiled right into Victor's face to such a degree that she knew no way of escape but by bethinking herself of his destined chamber, which she directed to be opened and shown to him.
From Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. I. A Biography by Jean Paul
"Oh, that was merely a side-issue,--only an after-piece," said Frau von Leskjewitsch, bethinking herself.
From Erlach Court by Schubin, Ossip
I rose to my feet, grasped it, and, suddenly bethinking myself for the first time, uncovered my head.
From The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant by Wilson, Alexander Johnstone
Naturally in the course of my own work I have asked myself this question with qualms, bethinking myself of Tennyson’s phrase about swamping the sacred poets with themselves.
From Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame by Colvin, Sidney
