Maugre her hasty flight she had a coronet of gold on her head, and a jewel like a star on her breast, and her garments were of purple and gold.
And these black bands, on marching away to the westward, brake open divers nunneries and burned sundry towns and churches, maugre all that the legate bishop of Winchester, who was with his brother the king, could say or do to prevent them.
Maugre the pains that were taken to conceal this intelligence, it got abroad, and was by some double-dealer conveyed to Matilda within the castle.
I thorow nedeful compulsioun maugre me be with-holde, litel thank for al my greet traveil have I than deserved.
But, maugre hem that blamen wommen most, Suche is the force of myn impressioun, That sodeinly I felle can hir bost And al hir wrong imaginacioun.
He wol have tythinge and offringe, 885 Maugre who-so-ever it gruche; And twyes on the day woll singe; Goddes prestes nere none suche!
Without assistance from their respective Governments they had won the right to live there, "maugre the King of Spain's beard.
And eek certes I trowe, that this be gretly to considere, that moneye ne hath nat in his owne kinde that it ne may ben bi-nomen of hem that han it, maugre hem?
For whennes comen elles alle thise foreyne compleyntes or quereles of pletinges, but for that men axen ayein here moneye that hath ben bi-nomen hem by force or by gyle, and alwey 50 maugre hem?
This is an hard case, said Sir Launcelot, that either I must die or else choose one of you, yet had I liefer to die in this prison with worship, than to have one of you to my paramour maugre my head.
And in despite of us all he is departed from us and maugre our heads.
This custom, said the knight, have I used and will use maugre who saith nay, and who is grieved with my custom let him amend it that will.
I put my other foot to the ground, maugre the anguish, and fled towards the torches, moaning with pain, and shouting for aid.
But when the daie came, the moonks for all this made seisure of the manour, and held it continuallie without anie further recompense, maugre all the friendship that the aforesaid Bendish could make.
Yet he the name on him would rashly take, 815 Maugre the sacred Muses, and it make A servant to the vile affection Of such as he depended most upon; And with the sugrie sweete thereof allure Chast ladies eares to fantasies impure.
A family of this kind, with literary traditions, and with the means to educate the young men, is constantly sending its scions into the public service.
These characters are already in that country by thousands, and their number is daily increasing, and will continue to increase; for congenial spirits will assimilate maugre all our endeavors to the contrary.
Pelleas as he rode down took stock of the stranger with an eagerness that was half jealous maugre his perspicuity of soul.
Maugre her vexation and her pride she held again on the trail, eating as she went some dried plums that she had in her wallet.
Maugre her heat and her flushed face Igraine had no more thought of giving in than she had of marrying Gorlois.
Maugre the cellarer's calculation of quantities, the best wine my Lord Abbat had in hand was liberally circulated at the feast in silver cups and in gold-mounted horns.
If, maugre Turnus slain, I deign to welcome as a friend his foe, Why not, while Turnus lives, the needless strife forego?
L80] 80 They brought the monke to the lodge dore, Whether he were loth or lefe, For to speke with Robyn Hode, Maugre in theyr tethe.
I will lai with the, Litel John, twenti pound so read, If I wyth that potter mete, I wil make him pay passage, maugre his head.
I consente therto, so eate I bread, If he pay passage maugre his head, Twenti pound shall ye have of me for your mede.
So those three knights loved their sister so sore that they brent in love, and so they lay by her, maugre her head.
Well, said the seven knights, sithen ye say so, there shall never lady nor knight pass this castle but they shall abide maugre their heads, or die therefor, till that knight be come by whom we shall lose this castle.
But maugre that, it appeared to him that she was the most beautiful lady his eyes had ever looked upon.
And he stood above Sir Launcelot and defended him against the assault of all those others who were around about, and so, maugre their vehement assaults, he brought Sir Launcelot to horse again.
So keep this lady from me if ye are able, for I will herewith seize upon you all, maugre anything that you may do to stay me.
So in this case, maugre all that I have said, I will even do as you ask me, wherefore, if you will purvey me that armor of which you speak, I will do your will in all ways that I am able.
Rosamund" sells well in London, maugre the non-reviewal of it.
Were it not for the Government, which is that of the Tartars of the Levant, they would do great mischief to merchants; and indeed, maugre the Government, they often succeed in doing such mischief.
The left followed the example of the right which drew on an entire flight, maugre all the Prince could do to animate or rather rally them.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "maugre" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
