was bethinking
- past progressive of bethink.
Example Sentences
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But while he was bethinking himself what great words to use, when he should arrive thither, he felt himself slipping from the friar's broad back.
From Robin Hood by McSpadden, J. Walker (Joseph Walker)
My vespers were done, and I was bethinking me of retiring to rest, when I heard the plaintive voice of Ethel beseeching me to let her come within my tent.
From The Last of the Vikings by Bowling, John
Miss Perry was bethinking her of something suitable and manly to say when the door opened and Mr. Benson was announced.
From Jacob's Room by Woolf, Virginia
Mrs. Manners was bethinking herself of a cordial just then, and how she knew old Ann would be coming presently, and was listening with but half an ear.
From Come Rack! Come Rope! by Benson, Robert Hugh
Aaron had a book which he pretended to read, but instead of reading he was bethinking himself that he had behaved badly.
From The Courtship of Susan Bell by Trollope, Anthony
