But I'll take care henceforward to use such as befit the dignity of my office; for 'in. From Wordnik.com. [Don Quixote] Reference
She was attired in costly stuffs of deep and warm colours, such as befit the winter and the snow. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Arrow] Reference
It has its full share of scientific, artistic, and benevolent institutions such as befit a great European capital. From Wordnik.com. [Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands] Reference
"I thank you for your generous words, which are such as befit your nature," said Castell gently; "but what says Margaret?". From Wordnik.com. [Fair Margaret] Reference
Amongst others, the King of Ind heard of me and sent to my father to seek me, with gifts and presents such as befit kings. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume I] Reference
Roman will he is determined that both his work and his pleasures shall be such as befit a gentleman of honour and refinement. From Wordnik.com. [Roads from Rome] Reference
"The jackal said, 'O king of beasts, these words of thine with reference to myself are such as befit thee. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
Giselher took her to wife, as did well befit a king. From Wordnik.com. [The Nibelungenlied] Reference
Nothing short of this victory will befit their stature. From Wordnik.com. [ADDRESS BY DEPUTY PRESIDENT ZUMA AT THE COMMEMORATION OF THE 15TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF PRESIDENT SAMORA MACHEL OF MOZAMBIQUE] Reference
Gotelind offered Hagen a loving gift, as well befit her. From Wordnik.com. [The Nibelungenlied] Reference
But it was a tribute that befit their service to our nation. From Wordnik.com. [Radio Address By The President To The Nation] Reference
Velvets and rich brocade befit the Lady Lela's superb figure. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of a Summer Or, Journal Leaves from Chappaqua] Reference
I think bluster and arrogant does not befit the United States. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 9, 2006] Reference
Observe thou those kingly duties of thine that befit thy ancestry. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7] Reference
Others give Obama and other Lincoln lovers the befit of the doubt. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 13, 2009] Reference
Kunnos followed suit, bowing more deeply as befit an out-clan male. From Wordnik.com. [Youngling A Terran Empire story] Reference
"I was young and twenty once, and did things that befit a dunce.". From Wordnik.com. [Summer Party Advice, From Father to Son] Reference
Some few drifted far adown the stream, as did befit their weariness. From Wordnik.com. [The Nibelungenlied] Reference
That may well befit one of high race, if he sits in power and peace. From Wordnik.com. [The Lord of the Rings]
“I was young and twenty once, and did things that befit a dunce.”. From Wordnik.com. [Summer Party Advice, From Father to Son] Reference
And thus it did not befit His dignity that He should be taught by any man. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition] Reference
So, the question comes, does it befit this nation to use these techniques?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 9, 2007] Reference
"Prisoner, your remarks are unseemly and ill befit your serious situation.". From Wordnik.com. [Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore] Reference
"That will furnish a pedestal which would befit the sarcophagus of a king.". From Wordnik.com. [Adrift in the Ice-Fields] Reference
And so, with all the earnestness and heartiness which befit this happy season, when. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 09, December 29, 1849] Reference
A butterfly befit; but where's the wit that mire-befouled to the swamp-demon yields?. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, April 4, 1891] Reference
A hundred high-born maids she took with her hence, who were arrayed as well befit them. From Wordnik.com. [The Nibelungenlied] Reference
For the trust reposed in me I will return the courage and the devotion that befit the time. From Wordnik.com. [US Presidential Inaugural Addresses] Reference
The head of the International Olympic Committee said his victory pose did not befit a champion. From Wordnik.com. [Trash Talking Doesn’t Scare Me] Reference
The executive and judicial departments are on a scale of expense which would befit a continent. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 102, April, 1866] Reference
The stimulating virtues of Savin befit it for cleansing carbuncles, and for benefiting baldness. From Wordnik.com. [Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure] Reference
To be ignored of any one of the following four or five principles does not befit a warlike prince. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of War] Reference
It is our hope that we all shall be helped to achieve these things, which alone befit this sacred day. From Wordnik.com. [Bahíyyih Khánum] Reference
That my tongue, my pen could thank thee were a hopeless task, nor can any praise of mine befit thine excellence. From Wordnik.com. [Bahíyyih Khánum] Reference
Well do we recal with what unexampled ingenuity, we laboured to befit the snow white egg for a rare tenant -- attar-gul. From Wordnik.com. [A Love Story] Reference
Lincolns in New York for the Eastern tour in 1860, speaks thus of the toilet to befit him for the reception by Mayor Fernando Wood. From Wordnik.com. [The Lincoln Story Book] Reference
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