Billets doux and pistols were, of course, not mentioned, but it certainly behooved him, when he should have arrived at that place of intrigues, to be on the lookout for cabals.
The Tribune could not account for this phenomenon by any natural laws, and was forced to believe that the thing was a miracle--in which case it behooved the Northeastern Railroads to read the handwriting on the wall.
It behooved me in these astonishing circumstances to learn to sew!
Under such a situation it behoovedthe President to act with great caution and moderation, and to do nothing to provoke a conflict in which he was certain to be worsted.
Once out of the town it behooved us to make better speed, for little of the afternoon remained, and dusk at this time of year fell sharp and sudden.
Meantime itbehooved me to be up and doing if I was to sail that night.
But now it behooved me to be cautious, so I kept straight over the hills; and, striking the source of a stream called Hopecarton, followed it to where it joined the river in the Mossfennan haughs.
It behooved us to be up and doing, for I had a horrid fear at my heart that my cousin might seek to reach the western seacoast and escape to France or Ireland, and thus sorely hinder my meeting with my love.
It behooved the town to know that all the money expended on the fencing lessons had not been thrown away; besides, he wished to imbue the place with a taste for the refinements of the great capitals.
Then Alvaro Pena sallied forth, for having a certain military reputation and being a man of reputed courage, it behooved him to show bravery at such a critical time.
Don Rosendo thought it behooved him to frown severely and say in a solemn tone: "You have behaved badly, Ventura; go and ask your mother's pardon.
He was one of those employees who held to the opinion that every man is the captain of his own soul and the sole proprietor of his own body--hence that it behooved him to look after both, in view of the high cost of safety-appliances.
Again he favoured the Mayor with his bright smile, and the latter, now fully convinced that here was a young man of vast emprise whom it behooved him to receive in a whole- hearted and public-spirited manner, nodded vigorous approval.
They knew its effects in that climate, and until they were far removed from Agra it behooved them to keep eye undimmed and blood free from fever.
While such a gang as the swashbucklers of Abdul Aziz infested the neighborhood, it behooved them to keep watch and ward until the marauders were far removed.
He appeared to consider himself quite ill-used by such vagueness; if young women wanted to be nuns it behooved them to know exactly where they meant to go, and what religious work they felt called to undertake.
Once more we had matters all right, and the broken place patched up again, but it behooved us not to do so any more.
It only behooved us to use circumspection enough to avoid making mistakes in our papers, and fortune was ours.
It behooved Christ to suffer and then to assume His glory.
The evening had now advanced, and it behooved me to procure accommodation at some of the inns.
All agreed that the glory of God was concerned, and that it behooved him to accept the somewhat singular overtures of the young widow, [ 1 ] and request her hand from her father.
The number of these, their value, and the mode of delivering them were all fixed by ancient custom; and some of the converts, acting as counsel, advised the Fathers of every step it behooved them to take in a case of such importance.
The miseries of the Hurons were lighted up with a brief gleam of joy; but it behooved them to make a timely retreat from their island before the Iroquois came to exact a bloody retribution.
But should that be impossible, seeing that the Fourteen Points had already become house-hold words to all nations and peoples, then it behooved the President to number the last of his saving points 13a.
And they could not, they said, afford to wait, because they were expecting an attack by the Russian Bolsheviki and it behooved them to have done with one foe before taking on another.
Therefore it behooved the Powers in the interests of all Europe, as of each of its individual members, to secure harmonious relations, and, at any rate, to remove all manifest obstacles to their establishment.
These inferior nations were all incarnate anachronisms, relics of dark ages which had survived into an epoch of democracy and liberty, and it now behooved them to readjust themselves to that.
It behooved us to make a very careful study of what we had found.
If summer were coming unusually early it behooved us to waste no time, and we proceeded to arrange the mountain equipment as fast as possible.
Wherefore in all things it behooved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.
We arrived at the ship-yard without interruption, and then it behooved us to move with more of caution, for if so be the guards saw three lads embarking in a skiff, there would be little delay in halting them by means of a bullet.
It behooved him to explore it; and to that end he availed himself of Jesuits, officers, fur-traders, and enterprising schemers like La Salle.
They begged him to stay among them and continue his instructions; but his life was fast ebbing away, and it behooved him to depart.
CREON This had I done already, but I deemed It firstbehooved me to consult the god.
Against gods man could not know what action was right; but since these were but men who could hunger and thirst and be wounded, it behooved them to plan what measures should be adopted against them.
As a matter of fact his mind was full of the conviction that she herself did not know which way she was going to jump and it behooved him to pick the right way.
He got the first brash at Whitsunday put ower wi' fair word and piping; but when Martinmas came there was a summons from the grund officer to come wi' the rent on a day preceese, or else Steenie behooved to flit.
Hence, it behooved Christ to take upon himself our nature, and to be conceived and anointed by the Holy Ghost, in order that we might all receive of his fulness.
It continued to rain all morning, and it thus behooved the ladies to provide amusement indoors for the active children.
Thus it behooved the general to remedy the latter trouble and seek a means of providing for the former.
That is: It behooved Him, the Christ, Jehovah in the preexisting official Person, to assume our nature.
It behooved wise people to play the part of their own police, and to guard themselves well, and care must be taken to duly close, bar and barricade their houses, and to fasten the doors well.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "behooved" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
