Example Sentences

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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

Mr. Outhouse bowed, and was bethinking himself slowly what manner of speech he would adopt.

From He Knew He Was Right by Trollope, Anthony

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

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

The cherry-brandy had already evaporated before the blaze of all that beauty, and he was bethinking himself how he might best take himself off.

From The Three Clerks by Trollope, Anthony