172 examples of betides in sentences

Woe betide, too, the person who dreams that he is cutting grass.

"Now, ill betide thee, traitor staff," cried Robin, as it fell from his hands; "a foul stick art thou to serve me thus in mine hour of need.

Woe betide him, if he placed a mine or trained a gun upon this ship of ours.

But woe betide the tired soldier who attempts to escape the tropical rain by taking refuge on the floor.

If you labour or sell eggs, woe betide you in the day of reckoning."

O, 'tis an unthrift, still the churchmen's foe; An ill-end will betide him, that I know.

Widow or wife, or maiden if thou be, Lend me thy hand; thou seest I cannot see: Blessing betide thee, little feel'st thou want; With me, good child, food is both hard and scant.

Then, Doncaster, ourselves ourselves accurse, And let no good betide to thee or me!

But woe betide the silly dairymaids, For I shall fleet their cream-bowls night by night.

Now joy betide this merry morn, And keep Grim's forehead from the horn: For Robin bids his last adieu To Grim and all the rest of you.

Stand forth, Belphegor, and report the truth Of all things have betide thee in the world.

If she were displeased, if her preferences were not consulted, if her plans were interfered with, woe betide the first person who entered her presence; and still more woe betide the person who was responsible for her annoyance.

The best accord that could betide their loves.

The worst accord that could betide my love.

Vainly rebelling they rage, till they die by the swords of the heroes, Even as this must die; for I burn with the wrath of my father, Wandering, led by Athene; and dare whatsoever betides me.

Now must I pay, whate'er betides; Me the Jew spares not; he provides Anticipation-bonds which feed Each year on that which must succeed; The swine are never fattened now; Pawned is the pillow or the bed, And to the table comes fore-eaten bread.

Well might he have cried with his knightly ancestor of the "Round Table," "Me forethinketh this shall betide, but God may well foredoe destiny."

It had not risen easily, but when it did woe betide whatever or whomever it met in collision.

When this odd gesture betides them, they are scratching themselves with one foot, and thus lose the centre of gravity.

Oh I am desperatewhat betides me, what? Still art thou deaf?

But if, said he, Your grief alone is hard captivity; For love of Heaven, with patience undergo A cureless ill, since Fate will have it so: So stood our horoscope in chains to lie, And Saturn in the dungeon of the sky, Or other baleful aspect, ruled our birth, When all the friendly stars were under earth: Whate'er betides, by Destiny 'tis done; And better bear like men, than vainly seek to shun.

Again, there are, I think, more than twenty redundant verbs which are treated by Crombie,and, with one or two exceptions, by Lowth and Murray also,as if they were always regular: namely, betide, blend, bless, burn, dive, dream, dress, geld, kneel, lean, leap, learn, mean, mulct, pass, pen, plead, prove, reave, smell, spell, stave, stay, sweep, wake, whet, wont.

Betide, betided or betid, betiding, betided or betid.

I hope I 'm ready for the worst, Whatever prank betides!

On the following morning the stones are searched for in the fire, and if any be missing, they betide ill to those who threw them in."

172 examples of  betides  in sentences