So befell to him timely Right soon among men that made was it yarely The most of hall-houses, and Hart its name shap'd he, Who wielded his word full widely around.
I give thee blood; And showed th' Assyrians flying far and wide In utter rout, with Holofernes dead, And all the slaughter that befell beside, And the grim carcase by the bloody bed.
I pass over a series of extravagant adventures that befell me as I made my way, then, to your husband's destination of the day before, with the idea of getting first-hand information.
Smith himself performed prodigies of valour, overthrowing and slaying numbers of the foe, and greatly assisting in bringing about the complete and terrible defeat which befell the forces of the Boar.
We English, then, had overcome all resistance in the first line of the French ships and were attacking the next, when the adventure befell that touches thee so closely.
It was some twelve months after his visit to Gaspard's school that an adventure befell which influenced considerably Edgar's after career.
The road seemeth less rough and wild, and I can tell thee all that befell with the more comfort.
What befell after that thou know'st better than I, for what with my wound, my rage against De Maupas, and the dreadful gloom and dampness of my cell, I fell sick and my senses left me.
It was necessary to sling them in cables passed under their keels, and secure them with steel hawsers round their hulls, and even then accidents frequently befell them.
The Cavalry Division was ordered to push on with all possible speed to Cairo, Wolseley being most anxious to save the city from the fate which befell Alexandria.
What befell the weakling youth lifting the dread goddess's veil at Lais?
The thing is common in that fishery; and in the sequel of the narrative, it will then be seen what like abandonment befell myself.
When I was a child, I well remember a somewhat similar circumstance that befell me; whether it was a reality or a dream, I never could entirely settle.
It has before been hinted, perhaps, that every little untoward circumstance that befell him, and which indirectly sprang from his luckless mishap, almost invariably irritated or exasperated Ahab.
But one day as they journeyed, a sad accident befell Brighteyes, and for a time it bade fair to end all their hopes.
Many things befell him that probably never would, had he been in company with wiser heads, but, he was an orphan, and the lot of the orphan is always hard.
And so it befell that same night that Barnaby True once again beheld the man who had murdered his own grandfather, meeting him this time face to face.
Whereon the same befell the arts and literature of Rome as befell Italian painting after the Academic system had taken root at Bologna under the Caracci.
He bore Waynefleet very little good-will, but it was clear that Laura must share any trouble that befell her father, and he could not at any cost lay a heavier load upon her.
The misery that occasionally befell him during his wayward career has been made the basis of an accusation against society, the English constitution, Christianity--Heaven knows what.
That long ago a fortune-teller Exactly said what now befell her; And in a glass had made her see A serving-man of low degree.
The evils that befell Hellas were not at all those which Demosthenes prophesied.
Thereto is he of such might that I ween his equal may scarce be found in Christendom; that may I also say in truth, since such ill chance befell me that I met with him when my intent was evil, and not good.
What happened to the original text likewise befell the Greek translation.
The thing that hath been is the same that shall be, and what befell is the same that shall come to pass, and there is no new thing under the sun.
During the disasters that befell the State of Milan on the death of Filippo Maria, Filelfo at first espoused the cause of the burghers.
The history, therefore, of his adventures may be taken as a specimen of what befell them all.
The two ancient historians, whose records contain nearly all the particulars of the early life of Caesar which are now known, give somewhat contradictory accounts of the adventures which befell him during his subsequent wanderings.
The adventures which befell him in his wanderings will be described in the following chapter.
And Pylades answered, "This I cannot say; all men have knowledge of what befell the king.
And as she slept in the women's chamber there befell a great earthquake, and cast to the ground the palace of her fathers, so that there was left one pillar only which stood upright.
That it is effrontery to impute the present troubles to Christ and the prohibition of polytheistic worship, since even when the gods were worshipped such calamities befell the people.
Also, to add to the tchinovniks' troubles, it so befell that just at this juncture there came into the local Governor's hands two documents of great importance.
This was what now befell Tientietnikov; and as it did so a new feeling entered into his soul, and his dreamy life lightened for a moment.
But once there, a worse thing befell these two poor women.
She leant against the wall, and asked herself if anything should befall her, such as befell Miss Milnathort, whether her Walter would do the same.
When they had all made an end of their praising the king and his gifts, it befell that Elphin spoke on this wise.
But here we leave Orlando for a time, that we may record what befell Zerbino and Isabella after their parting with him.
Then he took his way to the sea, and itbefell him that he was benighted in a hermitage.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "befell" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
