St. Irenaeus, when a subject of the Church of Smyrna, betakes himself to Gaul, and answers in Lyons the heresies of Syria.
Moreover, when a man betakes himself to a particular trade or profession, and sets himself to produce commodities, about what is he solicitous?
Labour betakes itself instinctively to the quarter where it is best remunerated, and never fails to put an end to this exceptional advantage, so that Inequality is only a spur which urges us on in spite of ourselves towards Equality.
And whenever the Melic of Hormos is at war with some prince more potent than himself, he betakes himself to this city of Calatu, because it is very strong, both from its position and its fortifications.
He leaves his palace at night, after a look at his wife Yasodhara and the boy just born to him, and betakes himself to the forests of Magadha, where he passes seven years in extreme asceticism.
The man, overwhelmed by calamity, betakes himself to God.
The Psalmist betakes himself to prayer, because he knows that of himself he cannot bring his will into this attitude of harmonious submission.
When the giant had thus engarrisoned himself in the town of Mansoul, and had put down and set up whom he thought good; he betakes himself to defacing.
It betakes itself to the face of cliffs, sometimes overhanging the sea, and so near it that the branches are drenched in spray thrown up by breakers.
It betakes itself to swamps and flourishes in situations that would be fatal to many species.
He who forsakes the easy task of his devotion to God, which is fraught with infinite bliss; and betakes himself to the difficult duties of painful austerity, is said to make a suicide of his own soul.
All the three prior states of reticence, occur in the austere devotee, and the sleepy or dead silence is what betakes the living liberated only.
Again when a man betakes himself to ponder well the properties of the object before him, his ignorance flies away from before his face, as darkness flies at the approach of light.
The building weaver-bird betakes itself to a clump of elephant-grass, and, perching on one of the blades, makes a notch in another near the base.
It betakesitself to its wild companions, and the net is again set.
When the wheat ears are soft it betakes itself to the fields and fills its stomach and also feeds its young with their milky juice; when the corn is ripe he attacks it and knocks more grains out of the ears than it can possibly eat.
This species is generally distributed on our shores all through the year in Great Britain, but in spring it betakes itself to marshy places near the coast and to inland lakes and meres.
Schmidt, therefore, supposes that the Siberian elephant, if it did not always live in the northernmost parts of Asia, occasionally wandered thither, in the same way that the reindeer now betakes itself to the coast of the Polar Sea.
Having earned honours and always guarding against the defeat of his plans, he betakes himself to such means as would gratify his desire of enjoyment.
That man who betakes himself to silent recitation under the influence of stupefaction and from desire of fruit, obtains all those things upon which his heart becomes set.
Gradually abandoning all sinful acts he betakes himself to Renunciation, and becoming righteous-souled succeeds at last in attaining to Emancipation.
Without being contented with such (visible) fruits of virtue he betakes himself to Renunciation, led on by the eye of knowledge.
He who betakes himself to such care and exertion, has never to languish.
He who betakes himself to such penance is regarded as one that is always fasting and that is always leading a life of Brahmacharya.
When, however, the Brahmana betakes himself to the duties of the lowest order, then does he certainly fall off.
That regenerate person who betakes himself to it should subdue the quality of Passion as soon as it begins to manifest itself or as soon as it begins to be powerful.
In the latter case, the verse would mean that that man who betakes himself to Yoga without adopting Renunciation meets with much sorrow.
Abstaining from all faults of behaviour, he who betakeshimself to Faith, becomes sanctified.
One who betakes himself to acts at first wins prosperity, but then (upon the exhaustion of his merit) he once more encounters adversity.
He who betakes himself to action, impelled thereto by propensities fraught with the attribute of Passion, obtains much misery in this world and at last sinks into hell.
While it is aquatic it has a fish-like tail, and no legs: as soon as the legs sprout, the tail drops off as useless, and the animal betakes itself to the land.
True to her promise, she betakes herself to sunny Olympus and finds the father of gods and men sitting apart from all the rest upon the topmost peak.
On coming once more to her senses, she puts an end to her own life; while Edgar, on hearing of the tragedy, betakeshimself to the tombs of his ancestors and there commits suicide.
Nevertheless he betakes himself to the Glen, and there, amidst scenes of the wildest supernatural horror, the bullets are cast in the presence of the terrible Samiel himself.
As soon as Cliges sees his men advancing, he betakes himself toward the Saxons, his own men hotly pursuing him, and not knowing him in his disguise.
Now Meleagant has carried out all his purpose, and he betakes himself to King Arthur's court: behold him now arrived!
To Indra, king of the gods, Fire betakes himself, tells his story, and begs to be relieved of his burden.
He rises and betakes himself to the hall where the suitors are gathering.
The king betakes himself thither with his friend, the clown.
The giantess then betakesherself to her brother, the terrible ten-headed Ravana, king of Ceylon.
In the upheavings of life, when all other trusts have failed, and the waters of affliction are breaking over him, he betakes himself to God, and climbs upon the Rock of ages.
He now betakeshimself to the more modern Albergo di Siena, overlooking the public promenade La Lizza.
For the human soul, at strife with strange experience, betakes itself instinctively to solitude.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "betakes" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
