Woe betide anyone that looks crooked at him: priest.
Slily) Account for yourself this very sminute or woe betide you!
For the rest woe betide the ship which is so fixed into the pack that she cannot move if one of these monsters bears down upon her.
Then back to the bridge, and woe betide him if he falls on the way, for then it all has to be done over again.
For did it me in place secure betide To end my days, this earthly journey done, I cheerful, and content, and fully blest Would die, since I should die upon thy breast.
A curse betide The wonder-working ring, and eke the wight Who gave it to that lady, full or pride!
Whate'er betide you, blame yourself alone; You go forewarned to meet a fate foreshown.
Therefore, good betide thee, this conduct of thine is not proper.
Good betide thee, O bull among men, it seems that they have perished without leaving a mark behind.
The king, goodbetide thee, hath been filled with fear at this discomfiture at the hands of the Gandharvas.
And wae betide ye, Annan Water, This night that ye are a drumlie river!
Well is it with them that hearken; and woe betidethe wayward.
Blessed the man that hath attained thereunto, and been illumined with their light, and woe betide such as have turned aside, and denied Him, and strayed far from Him.
Well is it with every fair-minded person that hath judged fairly Him Who is the Most Great Remembrance, and woe betide him that hath erred and doubted.
Woe betide thee, O thou who hast joined partners with God, and woebetide them that have taken thee as their leader, without a clear token or a perspicuous Book.
Blessed are the fair-minded, and woe betidethem that have turned aside.
Happy the man that cleaveth unto it, and woebetide the heedless.
Happy the man that cleaveth fast unto them, and recognizeth their virtue, and woe betide him that denieth their station.
Happy the man that hath turned towards them, and woe betide him that hath turned aside.
Blessed is he that draweth nigh unto Him, and woe betidethem that are far away.
That is what I see; we have been lured into the domain of the genii, and harm will betide us if we fail to evade their crafty wiles," answered the Bashi, nervously.
The Peri-Queen must be obeyed, lest misfortune betide his house.
Woe betide the person who owns anything out here: he is instantly deprived of it.
All the men's clothes had to be found, and they had to be got into them, and woe betide if a little cap or old candle was missing!
They did not, however, look by many degrees so sadly disappointed as English girls would do did the same misfortune betide them.
O my lord, keep thy faith and be not false to thy pact, lest a sore harm betide thee and the loss of thy life as well as that of the young lady.
Tis certain that kites do not fly away with turbands; but such mishaps, wondrous and marvellous, may betide mankind especially the miserable of lot.
And who wotteth that which may betide me by the lapse of Time, what trippings or calamities or injurious mishaps wherefrom this Ring may deliver me?
Thereupon Khudadad and his brothers prayed the lady to recount all that had befallen her and reassured her, saying, "Henceforth thou shalt live in solace and luxury: neither toil nor trouble shall betide thee.
Allah upon thee, gainsay me not and grant me this last of thy boons: and whatever shall betide me I will not hold thee responsible therefor.
Strange, indeed, that thou shouldst ken what shall betide him before I have told thee aught concerning him, and especially how he hath come to learn of our marriage and of our home.
Wherefore hasten thou not in the slaying of me, lest repentance betide thee and sore concern.
This is but envy and rancour; and thou, if thou slay me, thou wilt regret me, and I fear lest there betide thee of repentance that which betided Ilan Shah, by reason of the malice of his viziers.
Thus is ther Hate, as ye mai se, Betwen mi ladi word and me; The word I hate and hire I love, What so me schal betide of love.
Mi Sone, thou schalt understonde, In love and othre thinges alle If that Surquiderie falle, It may to him noght wel betide Which useth thilke vice of Pride, Which torneth wisdom to wenynge And Sothfastnesse into lesynge Thurgh fol ymaginacion.
Your little English sandals for a while will hold together, But woebetide you when the stones have worn away the leather; For they'll poke your little pettitoes (and there will be a hobble!
But of errors why speak, when for beauty and truth Your free, spirited Etching is worthy, in sooth, Of that Club (may all honor betide it!
For I winna be said nay; "But I will gang yon hour within, "Betide me weal or wae.
Rasputin for five years caused to be appointed or dismissed all the bishops, and woe betide any person who attempted to interfere with his power.
By bribery, blackmail, and the unscrupulous use of the secret police, which was under Protopopoff as Minister of the Interior, the camarilla were waxing fat, and woe betide any who dared utter a warning to the Emperor.
Germany intended to rule Russia in the near future, and woe betide any statesman who would not remain inert and be spoon-fed by Teutonic propaganda, or place in his pocket the German marks held out so temptingly to him.
Woe betide the woman who gives her Goorkha husband the faintest reason to suspect her of infidelity!
Then, Doncaster, ourselves ourselves accurse, And let no good betide to thee or me!
Now joy betidethis merry morn, And keep Grim's forehead from the horn: For Robin bids his last adieu To Grim and all the rest of you.
But woe betide the silly dairymaids, For I shall fleet their cream-bowls night by night.
Stand forth, Belphegor, and report the truth Of all things have betide thee in the world.
Your grace's frowns are to them shaking fevers; your least disfavours the greatest ill-fortune that may betide them.
Better luck shall yet betide thee and thou shalt give the baker his due, Inshallah.
No, on the contrary, he still refuseth to reckon with me, saying, 'Wait till better luck betide thee.
Accordingly the slave sought out the boy and said to him, "The King summoneth thee, that good may betide thee from him and that he may ask thee a question; then shalt thou return safe and sound to thy dwelling.
And now, having fairly ordered my nurture thou art about to depart from me and I have no power to bring thee back to me; but, an I be mindful of thy charge, I shall be blessed therein and great good fortune shall betide me.
An she come again, beware lest she have to do with thee and tell me of this, that I may devise thee some device lest perdition betide thee.
Said I not to thee, At thy leisure,[FN#238] till better luck betide thee?
An thou have no silver, I will give thee bread and have patience with thee till weal betide thee.
Wait till better luck betide thee, and then I will reckon with thee.
Trust to the Lord to hide thee, Wait on the Lord to guide thee, So shall no ill betide thee Day by day.
What thou shalt to-day provide Let me as a child receive; What to-morrow may betide Calmly to thy wisdom leave.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "betide" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: befall; betide; break; chance; come; develop; fall; give; hap; happen; hazard; occur; pass; transpire
