Our friendship has ceased for ever," muttered the burly caitiff betwixt his closed teeth as he descended the ladder--"for through your means the king hath become wroth with his servant.
And the caitiff is rewarded (no less unreasonably), either for his villainy or for his conversion, with the hand of the lovely Celia.
Whoever shoots at him, I set him there; Whoever charges on his forward breast, I am the caitiffthat do hold him to it.
Emily, radiant in imperial charms, stood, like inspired Cassandra, flashing indignation from her eyes at the cowering caitiffon the floor.
Oh, what a howl the caitiff gave, when he saw that his treasure had been taken!
The caitiff described, in very pathetic language, the distress of my friends, and requested instructions for the funeral of the mangled corpse.
No wonder these caitiff editors are such time-serving tools, when they can get so profusely paid for their mercenary loyalty.
Unbaptized dog, speak civil of the Martyr in my presence, or I will do a deed misbecoming of me on that caitiff corpse of thine!
But the brute beast hath the better of him,--the brute weareth his own coat, and the caitiff thrall wears his master's.
Your Grace must forgive my discharging mine office: this caitiff must be delivered into the hands of the executioner.
Here, some of you, toss this caitiffinto the horse trough; that for once in his life he may be washed clean.
Sidenote: Charge of the French Knights] "Through that caitiffinfantry we went as a hot knife cleaves through cheese.
Silence all boasts, you pursuivant of a caitiff master.
It is only when he descends from the clouds to pounce upon carrion that he betrays his low propensities, and reveals his caitiff character.
Knowing that the little caitiff was but a man of straw, animated by the wicked enchanter, he at once resolved to take advantage of that circumstance.
But what specially fits him to be the representative caitiff is just that, being himself virtuous, he pusillanimously threw away the greatest opportunity of doing good.
Mingled they are with caitiff angels, who, Though from avowed rebellion they refrained, Disloyal to God, did selfish ends pursue.
Ah, mournfully I seek in vain The Emperor's daughter, who had gone A prisoner made by caitiff Moors, Upon the morning of St. John.
Or if I live in freedom to see my love once more, May I meet the fate which most I hate, and at my palace door Find that some caitiff lover has won thee for his own, And turn to die, of mad despair, distracted and alone.
But now 'tis not on traitors, but on loyal men and true That they call to thee for vengeance, which to caitiff hearts are due.
Aloft the caitiff bears away With outspread wings his gorgeous prey!
Vidar spoke not, but earnest stared Full in the face of Asa-Lok; The caitiff instant felt the shock, With quiv’ring lip and visage scared.
Weary with much slaughter of false knights and caitiff wretches and monsters, the paladin Philip resolved to undertake the deliverance of the poor from the oppressions of the rich.
Forthwith I comprehended, and was certain, That this the sect was of the caitiff wretches Hateful to God and to his enemies.
Commingled are they with that caitiff choir Of Angels, who have not rebellious been, Nor faithful were to God, but were for self.
This territory in which the bandits and caitiff knights were gathered is compared to a public drain or sewer which carries off the impurities of the city.
But the caitifflaughed a laugh of scorn: "Come on, thou bastard of bastards born.
Over hollow, and over height, Sir Peregrine sought that caitiff knight Who had wrought such woe to Eaglestein-- To him and the Lady Etheline.
It was the rascally caitiff Labakan, who had followed me so suspiciously from Algiers, and against whom the dispatch-bearer Gajere had forewarned me!
Of this, the most unscrupulous caitiff of the Ennitra, thou must beware.
So long as this caitiff knight lives, your life will not be safe.
I'll tame thy shrewish wife That thou this night enjoy her, / else forfeit be my caitiff life.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "caitiff" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
