Thus these ungracious people demeaned themselves like people enraged and wood, and so that day they did much sorrow in London.
Peace and good order remained everywhere throughout the province, and the people demeaned themselves with as much regularity as if the laws still continued in their full and formal rigour.
The minstrels tuned their harps to the praise of courtesy and prowess; and when the merriment was most joyous, the heralds[312] presented to the ladies the knights who had worthily demeaned themselves.
They then prepared themselves and ran together, but the Bohemian struck a prohibited part of the armour, and he was greatly blamed that he demeaned his course so badly.
The blacks could not pardon her for havingdemeaned herself so far as to marry one of their kind.
He demeaned himself there as a brave honest gentleman, to be sure; he did his duty thoroughly by his congregation, and his king too; and in so far did credit to my small patronage.
How Sir Tristram changed his harness and it was all red, and how he demeaned him, and how Sir Palamides slew Launcelot's horse.
Send word how ye will be demeaned by as good advice as ye can get, and make no longer delay, for they must needs have hasty succour that be in the place; for they be sore hurt and have none help.
And if ye may truly prove that any person was thereabouts, the matter shall be demeaned as the case shall require, so that he shall know it is to our great displeasure.
I wouldn't want to be the one that said that he had demeaned himself to that extent.
In Washington's Continental Army, a first lieutenant was court-martialed and jailed because he demeaned himself by doing manual labor with a working detail of his men.
On the other hand, from the time of the Colonies, this country has despised press gangs, floggings, martinetism, and all of the other Old World military practices which demeaned the rank and file.
It shall grieve me, certainly, As long as I am in your company To see you demeaned in that wise.
I wis it grieveth me To see you demeaned that wise: I trow ye be set all on covetise!
His underlings went and came serving the supper; he ruled them like a great commander on the field of battle, and hardly demeaned himself to move again until the board was cleared.
Cap'n ordered it up, sir; never demeaned hisself to say what for," apologized Cooper.
How did she dare even to allow it to be suspected that I had ever come in contact with a person who has so demeaned herself?
Sir, she demeaned herself with distinction; and I heard the French gentlemen say she was 'pétrie d'esprit et de graces.
For long intervals I forgot to look how he demeaned himself, or to question what he thought.
And if ye may trulie prooue that anie person was thereabouts, the matter shall be demeaned as the case shall require: so that he shall know it is to our great displeasure.
The following chapters will show how he demeaned himself in these.
We are here but to consider how the Reformers, particularly Melanchthon, demeaned themselves in this critical event.
Indeed, though he always demeaned himself with personal kindness towards me, I believe he considered me as a dull and poor-spirited clown, who had disgraced my noble blood by my mean propensities.
My grandsire was at the battle, and was held to have demeaned himself like a good soldier; and this bow has been ever since carefully preserved in our family.
Whenever we hear of dapper George at war, it is certain that he demeaned himself like a little man of valour.
One knows what they were like: what they would do in given circumstances: that on occasion they fought and demeaned themselves like tough good soldiers.
If Jim Clay had forsook me an' demeaned me like this I would have died, but he was always tenderer than a mother.
I own I have demeaned myself; but it was only to try you.
The captain of Clan Quhele, great as he is, and greater as he soon expects to be, looks down to the daughter of the Perth burgess, and considers himself demeaned in doing so.
The son of my father has demeaned himself enough already for one evening.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "demeaned" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
