Only her bower maidens asbefitted them there might be, And the queen, in all love and honour, her guest tended royally.
Existence had not dealt over kindly with this descendant of the dour land of Wallace and Bruce, but he met it with high courage, and head up, as befitted one of his race.
I give your son thanks for the honesty and faithfulness he hath shown in the matter, as befitted his father's son.
Neither was, however, forgetful of courtesy, and as Babington presented Mr. Talbot to his friend, the greeting and welcome would have befitted the halls of Dethick or Tichborne.
When he answered, his manner was perfectly sympathetic, but somewhat grave as befitted the occasion.
He imagined the attitude of proud command which befitted a Prince of the Church, the fearless poise of the head, the firm face and the eagle eye.
The principal generals were drawn into the city upon gilded sledges placed on wheels; while Bombardier Peter Alexeyevitch, now raised, however, to the rank of captain, walked in the procession as befitted his humbler grade in the service.
He was clear-eyed and serene of brow, asbefitted a man who had seen the dawning.
His mode of speech had become precise--as befitted a wielder of the pen in life's battle, and one versed in the mysteries of Naval Correspondence.
On the eve of the battle the Saxons regaled themselves with strong ale, and chanted legendary songs by their bivouac fires; but the Normans occupied themselves in religious services, as befitted hired cut-throats and the "scum of Europe.
His nose appeared thick, and though it befittedhis other features was too coarsely and strongly formed to be the handsomest of its class.
All this cometh of my lack of sense, in that I sought for myself that which I deserved not and which befitted not the like of me; for whoso seeketh what suiteth him not at all, falleth with the like of my fall.
Starling's walk had commonly been a loose-jointed swagger, his head up in challenge, as befitted a hero of manifold adventure with wild horses.
He was arrayed as befitted a Whipple who had become a banker.
Speech was brief and low-toned among the elders, as befitted the high moment.
Herbert made a special raid through the garden and nipped off the choicest October roses--buds mostly--as befitted our guest.
By him Sir Eberhard had been received with the warmest hospitality, and treated as befitted his original station, but Battista disclaimed the merit of having ransomed him.
The ceremony of his burial befitted his dignity: it comprised services, not only on burial day itself, but on the seventh day after it, and then again after a month had passed.
Mr. Gourlay had followed more slowly from the kitchen, as befitted a man of his superior character.
And his manners befitted his years; dignified and modest, albeit cheerful and full of a young man's open-minded ardor for everything that was above the vulgar.
Apparelled now as befitted a lady of her degree, in a furred cloak and hood, she was borne off in Cousin Maud's well-curtained litter.
A little later in September David Hartman went to school also, not to the normal school where tuition cost nothing, but to college as befitted the heir of a rich man.
The service was long, as befitted the dignity of a man of prominence like John Hartman who had always given liberally to charitable objects, though he had become of late years an infrequent attendant at church meetings.
The Prioress' lodging was evidently such as befitted a royal princess, even though she were a humble nun.
The speech, if pardonably incoherent, was not awkwardly made, and it was delivered with a seriousness that befitted the occasion.
It was the first sight many there had had of John Valiant and in both looks and manner befitted their best ideals.
Hilda said a few blameless words, such as befitted an untitled English virgin in the presence of the nobility; while I maintained the probationary silence required by Pythagoras of his first year's pupils.
It was a wild and savage spot for a home, one that befitted the mate of Gray Wolf, leader of the pack.
Brown Brother returned to the forest, stepping with the dignity which befitted the position he was soon to hold as leader of a herd.
This was particularly distasteful to the professionals, who carried themselves as befitted those of a higher caste, and whose behavior toward the pariah amateurs was marked by hauteur and even brutality.
The lady's features immediately assumed the expression which befitted the approaching interview, and in a moment Miss Graves and the physician were left alone.
His rich brown hair was flowing over his shoulders, and his dark blue eyes beamed with such a look of mysterious inspiration, that they might have befitted a young prophet.
He turned from the comparison with feelings of sickening disgust, and it was with difficulty that his countenance could assume the due degree of hilarity which befitted the present occasion.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "befitted" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
