The Hungarians were of the Tartar race--nomads who lived by hunting and war, skilled in horsemanship and archery, utterly barbarous and a byeword for cruelty.
But the influence which perverted the judgement of these Emperors, until they became a byewordin Europe, was something more impalpable than the will-force of a domineering woman.
Our readers will doubtless recall, too, how in Holy Writ it is declared that "Israel shall be a proverb and a byeword among all people.
B] The Doctor points out, under a second clause in his definition, that a proverb may also be a byewordof reproach, but it would appear needless to dwell specially on this.
But just as the house was recovering lost ground, and had ceased to be quite a byewordin the school, it was thrown into consternation by a long-continued series of petty thefts.
My name should not be dragged through the mire, to become a byeword for pity.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "byeword" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
