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Meanings of beldam in English
Synonyms
Examples for "witch"
Examples for "witch"
1
He was almost certain that the witch-finder was a gold cigarette case.
2
Now Sun journalists believe he has launched a witch-hunt to protect himself.
3
The beard was in Elizabethan times the recognized characteristic of the witch.
4
Have there been any attempts to bring Spiritualism into the great witch-hunt?
5
Russia quickly went down the path of self-isolation and witch-hunts for enemies.
1
When? he asked, dully remembering the drunken hag he had seen-agesago.
2
You should arrange for the hag to join the Freeing this year.
3
To this moment, he hadn't yet withdrawn any of the hag's teeth.
4
The hag was standing in the kitchen door now, still grinning evilly.
5
The hag laid down the coins and moved laboriously to the, table.
1
The crone had been right; the crystal had indeed clarified her role.
2
There was something calming in the monotonous voice of the old crone.
3
That, these days, she'd be called a cougar rather than a crone.
4
The crone shook her head and wagged her pendulous lip in derision.
5
Scaevola's men laughed contemptuously at the crone, but their attitude soon changed.
1
Put herself into the power of this greedy and unscrupulous old beldame?
2
The maniac proved to be a son of the old beldame.
3
The beldame shook her head sorrowfully, as she answered sagely:
4
But no single syllable would the old beldame now utter against her ancient mistress.
5
The beldame looked at him scornfully, and disdained to reply.
Usage of beldam in English
1
So the beldam took her and carried her to the king's door.
2
The old beldam, throwing herself into a chair, fell a blubbering and exclaiming.
3
Let us to supper now, and forget those accursed beldam's tales.
4
Formerly fate seemed to smile upon me; now she shows herself a scowling capricious beldam.
5
That beldam had him back: she had him fast.
6
You were right, Francisco, it was that beldam Castaldi.
7
Say nothing, for the beldam might be listening!
8
At these words the beldam sprang up.
9
But the beldam foresaw the difficulty.
10
However, I was so diverted with this old beldam and her magnificence, that I made this epitaph for her:
11
There are two of us still to find, and the beldam is already angry with you for uncovering me.
12
Pale beldam, you do not answer; your lips are white, you breathe no more...
13
She would live and die precisely the same bitter old beldam that she was, and nothing could ever assuage her.
14
With yards akimbo, she says unto him scornfully, as the old beldam said to the little dwarf:-"Helpyourself"
15
He has had the devil's luck here, and has been winning everything, whilst his old card-playing beldam of an aunt has been losing.
16
Among the names in which questions stand are E. K. Fordham, Joseph Beldam, senr., Wm.
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Frequent collocations
Beldam through the time