Better would it beseem thee to hide this adventure, lest thy cheeks have cause to blush because of me.
It will beseem me better, therefore, to keep silent, and to omit his name from the list of the heroes.
Doth it beseem a man to dispute with Him by saying that this man is from Persia, the Other from Arabia, or this one was called Ḥusayn while the Other bore the name of Muḥammad?
Such practices as are sprung from the loins of idle fancy or are begotten of the womb of superstition ill beseem men of knowledge.
Of America it would ill beseem any Englishman, and me perhaps as little as another, to speak unkindly, to speak unpatriotically, if any of us even felt so.
Then a Templar tidings brought him, 'E'en as doth her rank beseem Full many a knight so courteous rideth hither beside the queen.
If my service doth bring me honour thou hast naught withal to scorn, And such words shall but ill beseem thee tho' they lightly by me be borne!
Be advised of me and hold him still as friend; far better will this beseem us.
This I know full well, never was emperor so mighty, and he would have a wife, that it would not beseemhim to love this noble queen.
Then spake Sir Dietrich: "Ill doth it beseem heroes, that they should scold like aged beldams.
When that any gan gain this and chooseth one who doth beseem him, naught availeth so greatly for woe of heart.
To the twain she said, that weeping did beseem her and naught else better.
She clad her and her handmaids with care, as did beseem them.
This would still beseem all doughty knights at high festal tides.
No, no, such cares, and such respects beseem Great ladies, wandering maids them naught esteem.
I had a hawk's eye for sic gear; but we thank God, that though we are old, we know so much of such toys as may beseem a man of decent gravity.
Richie; "was he not, as might weel beseem him, ready to loop out of his skin-case for very joy?
Only take care, ye Greeks, that there be a share of the spoil for me, for it would ill beseem the lord of all the host that he alone should be without his share.
Pater Gregor, who speak out all ye think; but what is fitting for rats and mice would ill beseem the falcon and eagle.
I mind me, I have not the accoutrements that beseem me.
Sir, said the yeoman, I am right heavy for you, for a good horse would beseem you well, but I dare not deliver you this horse, but if ye would take him from me.
Fair knight, said that knight, it would beseem a knight to just and to fight on horseback.
Sir, said she, it will not beseem me to wear a king's garment.
Sif has a gallant at home; thou wilt anxious be to find him: thou shalt that arduous work perform; it will beseem thee better.
Hedin well deserved of thee, and great gifts: It would beseem thee better thy sword to redden, than to grant peace to thy foes.
Doth it beseem a lover to flee from his beloved, or to desert the object of his heart’s desire?
Nothing whatsoever can beseem Thy servants except what the pen of Thine irrevocable decree hath traced in this priceless and exalted Tablet.
Send down, moreover, upon Him and them such of Thy wondrous mercies as may wellbeseem Thy highness.
No words that any one beside Thee may utter can ever beseem Thee, and no man’s description except Thine own description can befit Thy nature.
Look not on my state, O my God, nor my failure to serve Thee, nay rather regard the oceans of Thy mercy and favors, and the things that beseem Thy glory and Thy forgiveness and befit Thy loving-kindness and bounties.
Not every one doth it beseem to question The far-off high Arcturus.
To leave no interval between the sentence, And the fulfilment of it, doth beseem God only, the immutable!
Answer thou, as may beseem you--so Vidarbha's princess wills.
We have not taught him (Muhammad) poetry,16 nor would it beseem him.
Not like a woman, for I would prevent The loose encounters of lascivious men; Gentle Lucetta, fit me with such weeds As may beseem some well-reputed page.
Such it seems As may beseem a monarch like himself.
It would beseemthe Lord Northumberland To say 'King Richard.
I will not hence and leave my husband here; And ill it doth beseemyour holiness To separate the husband and the wife.
In that case, however, would it not better beseem you not to repel all the prudent and well-meaning by your vituperation nor to incite men to strife and revolt in these already troubled times?
It does not beseem Christians to seize greedily and for their own advantage on everything to which their freedom gives them a right.
S: And it did not beseem your Lord to have destroyed the towns tyrannously, while their people acted well.
Say: It does not beseem me that I should change it of myself; I follow naught but what is revealed to me; surely I fear, if I disobey my Lord, the punishment of a mighty day.
S: And why did you not, when you heard it, say: It does not beseem us that we should talk of it; glory be to Thee!
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "beseem" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
