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Example sentences for "bespoke"

Lexicographically close words:
bespeak; bespeaking; bespeaks; bespectacled; bespelled; bespoken; bespotted; besprent; besprinkle; besprinkled
  1. The only living creature I met for miles of the way was a very old man, whose dress and look bespoke extreme poverty, but who, on talking with him, I discovered to be the owner of four cows that were grazing on the rocky sides of the cliff.

  2. His attitude bespoke the extreme of fatigue and weakness.

  3. Good even, young man," said this traveller, in a pleasant voice that bespoke gentle birth.

  4. His dark eyes no longer looked out from hollow caverns, and the colour which gradually stole into his brown cheek bespoke increase of health and well being.

  5. Walking down the street toward them came the village priest, benevolent and white-haired, in a worn cassock and rusty clerical hat that bespoke either the poverty of the neighbourhood or the ascetic character of the wearer.

  6. She was being carried up the steep, winding trail with an ease that bespoke unusual strength in her bearer.

  7. He shared one table with a picturesque old foreigner with a battered, time-worn countenance, and apparel that bespoke either poverty or utter disregard for appearance.

  8. Instead, she slipped out of bed into a pair of warm, woolly slippers, ranged methodically on the floor with a precision that bespoke long practice.

  9. At times he was lost in thought, and at times there was a perturbed and restless wandering of the eye that bespoke a mind but ill at ease.

  10. The snow proved harder than I had anticipated--which bespoke the fury of the blow that had piled it.

  11. And there was even here, in the chasm of the road, a swing and dance to the flakes that bespoke the force of the wind above.

  12. That he was a soldier and had seen service, the most careless observer could have detected; his very look and bearing bespoke the militaire.

  13. She was a woman of about thirty-five years of age, rather good- looking, and with a physiognomy every lineament of which bespoke intelligence of no common order.

  14. And nearer and louder came the oar-roll, like thunder working up from the northeast; and mingled with it that grim yet laughing Heysaa, which bespoke in its very note the revelry of slaughter.

  15. To lunch alone with a young lady who opened champagne with a dexterity that bespoke considerable practice must be very wicked, he felt certain, and he was shocked to realise that he didn't care if it was.

  16. His meditations were, however, interrupted by the sound of voices using perfectly good English, but with an accent which bespoke a European parentage.

  17. They seem to me to have a 'turn' for instinctive good manners too; and certainly their mode of withdrawing from my room after our prayers bespoke either a strong feeling of their own or a keen appreciation of mine.

  18. O then he sailed to fair French land, With drums and trumpets so merrilie; 50 O then bespoke the king of France, "Yonder comes proud king Henrie.

  19. And then we marched to Paris gates, With drums and trumpets so merrilie; O then bespoke the king of France, "Lord have mercy on my poor men and me!

  20. Her dress was neat and dainty; every detail of it bespoke a young woman who respected both herself and the fashion.

  21. His nicely plastered red mop to some extent mitigated the effect of the bare and scratched feet and his rollicking blue eyes over a nose as tip-tilted as Charlotte's own bespoke his delight.

  22. The delegation was headed by young Charlotte, whose blue eyes flamed across a very tip-tilted nose that bespoke mischief.

  23. A bird was nesting in the wisteria vine above the door and her soft whirring bespoke an interesting domestic event as near at hand.

  24. Every point of his appearance and address bespoke the gentleman.

  25. The wild fire in her eye, even in the presence of others, bespoke the consuming fever in her veins that seemed drying up the very source of life in her heart.

  26. There was a wild, glittering light in her splendid oriental eyes, and a crimson pulse kept beating in and out like an inward flame on her dark cheek, that bespoke anything but the calm, perfect peace and joy of a "blessed bride.

  27. His every word and action bespoke purity, and inspired the love thereof.

  28. The saint was low in stature; and his thin, mortified countenance bespoke the severity of his life.

  29. The paleness of his countenance bespoke the austerity of his life.

  30. Notwithstanding the little hostilities which still continued, every thing bespoke the speedy approach of peace.

  31. It was a pandemonium of war, a frightful orgy of military license, a scene to make the angels weep and demons rejoice over the cruelty of man.

  32. A rush was made, the iron gates gave way, the cellar-doors were forced open, and in a short time thirty thousand guns were distributed among the people.

  33. His eyes lighted up at the mention of their long and close friendship, and he answered in a voice which bespoke a sincere affection for his friend: "Do you think that any one but you could have drawn me to Germany at all?

  34. The countenance, which had once been so full of expression, had a staring, uncomfortable look now, and his manner bespoke a reserve and repression which could not be penetrated.

  35. Everything around this stately edifice bespoke the magnificence of its ancient possessors and the taste of its present master.

  36. Mrs. Fitzgerald shook her head in a manner which bespoke both her apprehensions and her filial regard.

  37. The play had been bespoke by some of the principal ladies in the neighbourhood, who had used all their interest for the performer, so that the house was as full as it could hold.

  38. She had a daughter, who came often to see her, and used to carry her work and mine to the people who bespoke it.

  39. The softness of her brown, lustrous eyes bespoke the tenderness in her nature.

  40. The man's facetiousness interested me; it bespoke his nerve.

  41. The frightened eyes bent upon him bespoke a great terror.

  42. But the monk dropped his arm and turned quickly away; his voice bespoke ill-concealed irritation.

  43. I will be as wise as a serpent," answered the boy, with one of his keen looks which bespoke him older in mind than in years.

  44. Snow white cuffs and collar, with a plain dark dress, cut with almost Quaker-like simplicity, bespoke the primness of her taste.

  45. In short, all bespoke that activity, whether in business or pastime, which was destined to render that city the mart of the world, and which had already knit the trade of the Anglo-Saxon to the remoter corners of commercial Europe.


  46. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "bespoke" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.