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Example sentences for "buffetings"

Lexicographically close words:
buffer; buffers; buffet; buffeted; buffeting; buffets; buffetted; buffing; buffler; buffo
  1. In fact, the heart has nothing to do with this attitude in those who are exposed to the full force of the cruel buffetings of the storms that incessantly sweep the wild and wintry sea of active life.

  2. There I should meet an aged parent, now at rest from the many buffetings of an evil world, against which he so long and so bravely struggled.

  3. He is the chosen instrument of a Divine purpose working out its ends alike across his own buffetings from shore to shore or the love-tortures of the Phoenician Queen.

  4. And you shall bear the buffetings of men, and follow in the thorny path I tread.

  5. When last the son of Mary saw these sacred groves he was a babe; 3 And now a man grown strong by buffetings of every kind; a teacher who had stirred the multitudes in many lands.

  6. And after many years he came and sat with us in these same groves; 35 He told the story of his human life, of trials, sore temptations, buffetings and woes.

  7. Toward the fair open country they went, amid the buffetings of the fresh air of heaven.

  8. O my God, I adore Thee: Thou wilt not leave me to perish under the buffetings of mine enemies!

  9. He who breaks it to be delivered over to the buffetings of Satan.

  10. All other sins will be visited with judgment in the flesh, and the spirit being delivered to the buffetings of Satan until the day of the Lord Jesus.

  11. This spirit of Elijah was manifest in the days of the apostles, in delivering certain ones to the buffetings of Satan, that they might be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

  12. Phelps moved that Rigdon "be cut off from the church, and delivered over to the buffetings of Satan until he repents.

  13. Kelsey was not granted even the perfunctory hearing that was customarily allowed in such cases, and he was "turned over to the devil," instead of being consigned by the usual formula "to the buffetings of Satan.

  14. Oh, how weighty is my fair garland, my crown, my fair supping-hall in glory, where I shall be above the blows and buffetings of prelates!

  15. I might also here tell you of the contests and battles that such are engaged in, wherein they find the buffetings of Satan, above any other of the saints.

  16. The recital of his diabolical buffetings is more minute than sensible, and was sure to excite the sarcastic laughter of men like Lavington.

  17. It may remind you of the much greater sickness and disorder of your soul, and give you an excellent opportunity of retiring in order to prepare yourself for the buffetings of a ridiculing world.

  18. I gave them to understand that, tired of the buffetings of an adventurer’s life, it was my intention for the future to devote my time to securing an independence by my own industry.

  19. THIS world of ours has, on the whole, been an inclement region for the growth of natural truth; but it may be that the plant is all the hardier for the bendings and buffetings it has undergone.

  20. From buffetings in humble place, And labors ill begun, To proud achievement in the race And laurels grandly won, His trials all she dares to face As friend and champion.

  21. The visions are not regarded in 2 Corinthians as part of the buffetings of the angel of Satan; on the contrary, the two things are sharply separated in Paul's mind; he rejoices in the visions, but prays the Lord that the buffetings may cease.

  22. It is not even said that the visions and the buffetings came close together; there is no real basis for the view that the buffetings consisted in nervous exhaustion following the visions.

  23. The shaking willows and the heavy buffetings of the wind against our taut little house were the last things I remembered as sleep came down and covered all with its soft and delicious forgetfulness.

  24. Though still early in the afternoon, the ceaseless buffetings of a most tempestuous wind made us feel weary, and we at once began casting about for a suitable camping-ground for the night.

  25. And let her be delivered over to the buffetings of Satan in the flesh!

  26. Urged to confess that these revelations were from the Devil, he had refused, and so had been cut off and delivered over to the buffetings of Satan in the flesh.

  27. And he who breaketh it shall lose his office and standing in the Church, and shall be delivered over to the buffetings of Satan until the day of redemption.

  28. And the soul that sins against this covenant, and hardeneth his heart against it, shall be dealt with according to the laws of my Church, and shall be delivered over to the buffetings of Satan until the day of redemption.

  29. We deliver Brother Ziba Peterson over to the buffetings of Satan, in the name of the Lord, that he may learn not to transgress the commandments of God.

  30. Blessed of the Lord is Brother Oliver, nevertheless there are two evils in him that he must needs forsake, or he cannot altogether escape the buffetings of the adversary.

  31. They are as follows: "Blessed of the Lord is brother Oliver, nevertheless there are two evils in him that he must needs forsake or he cannot altogether escape the buffetings of the adversary.

  32. That the conditions were not at least altogether complied with is well known, and is further witnessed by the fact that Oliver did not escape the buffetings to which the Prophet alludes.

  33. The buffetings of the world are an excellent training for the world's affairs.

  34. She gave the impression that she accepted the buffetings of life, but no one forced them upon her.

  35. Almost a million dollars in bonds and real estate made a comfortable protection for me and my three daughters against the buffetings of a world which, as you may have found, Mr. Grant, is not over-considerate.

  36. The great rocks bore their buffetings with hollow protests.

  37. She had gone out into the storm to run along the cliff and fight against the mighty buffetings of the wind which had upset the plans of Master Grignion.


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