This doone, there did arise such a tempest in the sea, as a greater hath not bene seene.
For with the princes of pride the Prechours dwellen, They bene as digne as the devel, that droppeth fro hevene.
I have but two left now, the other twenty-eight are gone with other tools quite as precious; but 'dum vita super est, bene est.
Reason tells me imperiously that I have the right to slay myself, with the divine oracle of Cen: 'Qui non potest vivere bene non vivat male.
The rest of his life must have been divided between weariness and hunger, but no doubt he often said, 'Dum vita superest, bene est'.
I haue heard, that guilty Creatures sitting at a Play, Haue by the very cunning of the Scoene, Bene strooke so to the soule, that presently They haue proclaim'd their Malefactions.
Faith there ha's bene much to do on both sides: and the Nation holds it no sinne, to tarre them to Controuersie.
For thou hast bene As one in suffering all, that suffers nothing.
On his death-bed he accused Janet Wishart of being the cause of his misfortune, saying, "That if he had lent to her his kill and kilbarn, he wald haf bene ane lewand man.
Ferste god saue, our soueraine Ladye the Queene With all the counsel and all that with them bene Am not I welth with them euer at ene 90 Who should be there but I?
So am I to this maketh me very sadde Yet oftentymes I haue bene harde bestadde Now [that] I am warned of him I am very glad Sum crafty wyle for him shalbe hade 460 +Wyll.
Non bene imperat, nisi qui paruerit imperio=--No one makes a good commander except he who has been trained to obey commands.
Bene orasse est bene studuisse=--To have prayed well is to have striven well.
Miseram pacem vel bello bene mutari=--An unhappy peace may be profitably exchanged for war.
Bene nummatum decorat Suedela Venusque=--The goddesses of persuasion and of love adorn the train of the well-moneyed man.
Interest reipublicæ ut quisque re sua bene utatur=--It is for the interest of the state that every one make a good use of his property.
Non possebene geri rempublicam multorum imperiis=--Under the command of many, a commonwealth cannot be well conducted.
Bene qui latuit, bene vixit=--Well has he lived who has lived well in obscurity.
In the present instance, the facts alluded to by the prophet appear to be included in the statement that the Lord sent against Jehoiakim bands of Chaldeans, and bands of Arameans, and bands of Moabites, and bands of bene Ammon.
And though some define loving to be bene velle alicui ut illi bene sit, to desire another's welfare, yet indeed this may be without any true formal love at all.
So Sir Thomas More in his Poems: Regibus e multis regnum bene qui reget unum: vix tamen unus erit, si tamen unus erit.
Men wold rather have thought that Pharao's pose, treasure, and garnallis should have bene diminished, or that the houshold of Jacob should stand in danger to sterve for hungar.
Our king in sindrie poyntis hes bene rebellious aganis the Majestie of God.
For an other Arte, vnder this, a degree (for skill and power) hath bene indued with this English name before.
That is: +All thinges (which from the very first originall being of thinges, haue bene framed and made) do appeare to be Formed by the reason of Numbers.
Thus, in sundry waies you may furnishe your selfe with such straunge and profitable matter: which, long hath bene wished for.
The vse, doth well appeare to haue bene (at the least) aboue two thousand and three hundred yeare agoe: [4.
Poore Boy, he smiles, me thinkes, as who should say, Had Death bene French, then Death had dyed to day.
Yes: But y I am preuented, I should haue begg'd I might haue bene employd King.
At the death of Shemaya and Abtalion, the presidents of the Synhedrion were chosen from a Babylonian-Judaean family, that of Bene Bathyra.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "bene" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.