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Example sentences for "bestowed upon"

  • He asked for the hand of one of these in marriage, leaving it to their mother to choose which should be bestowed upon him.

  • The marquis, bowing very low, accepted the honour which the king bestowed upon him.

  • How many times have I despised the interior graces Thou hast bestowed upon me?

  • Not that she failed to know the gifts which God had bestowed upon her; on the contrary she ever remembered that God had drawn her out of nothing, and she returned Him incessant thanks for the favors which He had given her.

  • Labor to attain this solitude of soul, and thou shalt become fit to search thine own heart, and to contemplate that variety of wonders and mercies which God has bestowed upon us.

  • All this urges us incessantly to pray, sigh, and seek, till the Divine Spirit be bestowed upon us, in order to destroy the image of Satan daily, and to restore the image of God to us.

  • All that is bestowed upon me of that kindest alleviator of human miseries comes dashed with a double portion of contempt.

  • Already an imprudent violation of his extreme sense of the dignity of majesty, or of the confidence which he bestowed upon her, might become fatal to it.

  • He had once had it engraved upon the back of the star which he bestowed upon Barbara.

  • His History of Britain must hare cost him much labour, bestowed upon comparison of the conflicting authorities.

  • For it is not merely for himself that Christ here receives the Spirit; but He receives Him as the transforming principle for the human race; He is bestowed upon.

  • I know it is a sin to be a mocker;" and I am sure I need not tell you that I am sincerely grateful for all the kindness and civility that is bestowed upon us wherever we go.

  • Their lands are in general better cultivated, and having more labour and expense bestowed upon them, produce more in proportion to the extent and natural fertility of the ground.

  • But had not the cloths themselves been much dearer than any which are made in the present times, so very expensive a dye would not probably have been bestowed upon them.

  • Then my eye fell upon MontrĂ©sor standing on the topmost step, and on his face there was a sneering, insolent smile which told me that he had heard the epithets she had bestowed upon me.

  • I should be worthy of the title he bestowed upon me had I not done so.

  • Verily this is from the mercy of God, which is bestowed upon whomsover He wishes.


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