Swiftly, I thought, in strongest gripe on his bed of death to bind him down, that he in the hent of this hand of mine should breathe his last: but he broke away.
The generous, and grauest Citizens Haue hent the gates, and very neere vpon The Duke is entring: Therefore hence away.
Hereupon one hent him by the hand and after doing as he desired and setting him beside the tree returned to his own folk and the caravan loaded and left the place.
Hereupon the Prince hent the reed in hand and broke it and drew forth the paper which he opened and read and comprehended.
The King would have taken his signet when the Form jumped off and approached the Darwaysh who hent the ring in hand and rubbed it and the Figure at once became wax as it had been.
The man hentthe ring in hand and coming forward to the light read what was on it and understood that it was the signet of the Vicar of Allah.
This he unclosed and it yielded him a key which he applied to the lock and it forthwith opened and admitted him into the Treasury where, for exceeding murk and darkness, he could not see what he hent in hand.
FN#215] She hent the sword in hand and came close up to me; and I signalled to her with my eyebrows, my tears the while flowing adown my cheeks.
Then he hent in hand two stones and went round about the city, beating his breast with the stones and crying "O Zumurrud!
Hent it anon, for he hath yeve it thee, Bothe hey and cart, and eek hise caples three.
And when Aziz brought him what he sought, he hent the pen in hand and wrote these lines of poetry, "I write to thee, O fondest hope!
The boke of Rome berith wytnes, The kyng hym~ namyd Leobertus, 1925 That was hent in hethyn~ lond.
So theyhent him by the hand and thrust him out; and I took the lute and sang over again the songs of my own composing which the damsel had sung.
After him Prince Ali hent his bow in hand and, discharging an arrow in like direction, overshot the first; and lastly came Prince Ahmad's turn.
FN#36] At the further end thereof stood innumerous hosts of the Jann, all frightful of favour and fear-inspiring of figure and each and every hent in hand javelins of steel which flashed to the sun like December leven.
Re-hent hath been opened for me and Re-hent hath been unfastened before me, Re-hent hath been given unto me, and I shall come forth by day into whatsoever place I please.
When Mariyah had made an end of her verses, she folded the letter and delivered it to the nurse, who hent it and went with it to Al-Abbas.
Then she passed the cup to her sister Zalzalah, who hent in her hand herb basil, and she said to Tohfah, "Sing to me somewhat on this basil.
So the Wali hent them with the hand[FN#89] and questioned them of their case, and they confessed against the woman and against their associates in Cairo.
So early on the morrow, he took the stuff and carrying it to the market whence it had been stolen, sat down at the very shop out of which it had been purloined and gave it to the broker, who hent it in hand and cried it for sale.
When she saw it standing with head erect, she hent it in hand and began rubbing it upon the lips of her little slit[FN#92] outside her petticoat trousers.
I hent it in hand and raised my head to see whence it had fallen, when my eyes met the eyes of the lady who owned these gazelles.
She hent the sword in hand and came close up to me; and I signalled to her with my eyebrows, my tears the while flowing adown my cheeks.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "hent" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
