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Example sentences for "befalleth"

Lexicographically close words:
beeyng; befal; befall; befalle; befallen; befalling; befalls; befals; befeathered; befel
  1. However, the fortunate are Fortune's favourites and Misfortune never befalleth them.

  2. Rejoined the other, "Thou art now a Moslem even as I am a Moslem, and it besitteth thou apprise me of all and whatsoever befalleth in the ship, but first art thou able to gar me forgather with the other True Believers?

  3. If good befalleth you it grieveth them, and when ill lighteth on you, they rejoice in it.

  4. Man truly is by creation hasty; When evil befalleth him, impatient; But when good falleth to his lot, tenacious.

  5. And all your blessings are assuredly from God: then, when trouble befalleth you, to Him ye turn for help: Then when He relieveth you of the trouble, lo!

  6. When a misfortune befalleth you out at sea, they whom ye invoke are not to be found: God alone is there: yet when he bringeth you safe to dry land, ye place yourselves at a distance from Him.

  7. When trouble befalleth a man he crieth to Us; afterwards, when we have vouchsafed favour to him, he saith, "God knew that I deserved it.

  8. For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; as the one dieth, so dieth the other, all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.

  9. Ah, mercy, said Sir Launcelot, I call myself the most unhappiest man that liveth; for ever when I would fainest have worship, there befalleth me ever some unhappy thing.

  10. Now befalleth it to me to just, said Mordred, for Sir Mador hath a sore fall.

  11. Now as befalleth young men, he was a good sleeper, and dreamed but seldom, save such light and empty dreams as he might laugh at, if perchance he remembered them by then his raiment was on him in the morning.

  12. You yourself, Fra Ambrogio, have you not read in your book: "For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth Beasts; as the one dieth so dieth the other.

  13. Let us ride to the court and see what befalleth us among the Huns.

  14. After that, I care not what befalleth him.

  15. For there had been battles down there, and the fall of kings, and destruction of people, as oft befalleth in the guileful Cities.

  16. So it oft befalleth foreseeing women, that the love of a man cloudeth their vision.

  17. Now befalleth it to me to joust, said Mordred, for Sir Mador hath a sore fall.

  18. And when even a little trouble befalleth us, too quickly are we cast down, and fly to the world to give us comfort.

  19. Justly it befalleth them, that because out of measure they seek out and pursue pleasures, they enjoy them not without confusion and bitterness.

  20. Thou oughtest not to judge according to present feeling, nor so to take or give way to any grief which befalleth thee, as if all hope of escape were taken away.

  21. Therefore God rewarded you with affliction on affliction, that ye be not grieved hereafter for the spoils which ye fail of, nor for that which befalleth you; for God is well acquainted with whatever ye do.

  22. They who wait to observe what befalleth you, if victory be granted you from God, say, Were we not with you?

  23. Whatever good befalleth thee, O man, it is from God; and whatever evil befalleth thee, it is from thyself.

  24. For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them.

  25. For that which befalleth man befalleth beasts--even one thing befalleth them.


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