Sentence Examples:
This behest had indeed staggered him!
Very unwillingly he rose to do Bob's behest.
Are you grumbling because he has obeyed your behests?
Or kings be breakers of their own behests?
Never was he faithless to the king's behest.
Anne staggered to her feet and obeyed her behest.
Her behest executed she clinked goblets with Roxana.
Away bounded the elfin dwarf to execute his behest.
Upon this they obeyed my behest, I thought unwillingly.
He smiled at the utter futility of such a behest.
At his behest a permanent constitution was promulgated in 1880.
Mammon's behest and crib my aspirations within ruled lines?
The luckless man bowed, and performed his Queen's behest.
The queen of beauty would brook no gainsaying to her behest.
The behest of my preceptor should certainly be obeyed by me.
The behest to shun the world was acted upon too literally.
Yet will I perform your behest, however distasteful it may be.
Whoever has received, on him there is an inexorable behest to give.
He smiled complacently to see them spring to attention at his behest.
She was painfully embarrassed, almost incoherent, as she obeyed Bathurst's behest.
At his behest John Redmond peremptorily assumed control of the Volunteers.
"He has, however, consented, like a dutiful squire, to obey my behests."
Away, and do my behest, or your life shall pay the forfeit.
Beat your breasts and rend your garments, maids, is my behest to you.
His vassals obeyed his very looks, and flew to execute his behests.
At whose behest is this crime against reason, life, and posterity perpetrated?
It was obvious that he came unwillingly, and only in obedience to her behest.
When Senators and Presidents bent to the ignoble behest, he stood firm.
And the poor Indian, in his gratitude, has never disobeyed the behest.
The hand that grasped the rapier was too numbed to obey her behests.
Nay, nay, it cannot be; none but a fiend could do his behest.
It was evident that he was in nowise willing to obey his father's behest.
The English people are waiting for their turn while Papal behests are executed.
Popular feeling was deeply moved by this craven compliance with French behests.
Such was the impudent behest of Slavery, prolonged after it was reported dead.
Hereupon the Marquis rose, albeit unwillingly, and bowing, hurried off to obey her behest.
In this behest is forbidden sin of hate, and of wrath, and of great ire.
How gladly said yes to everything, averring that she would blindly obey his behests.
He straightened himself and his hands clenched as though to do battle at her behest.
Doing your behest, I will repair to the forest, sojourning there for a long time.
Delusional, as when the sufferer hears a voice commanding him to act on its behests.
They were all chiefs, of various ranks, each one having legions to carry out his behests.
Party behests never made him swerve from official integrity or duty to the whole people.
At whose behest all space had quivered like a smitten gong for part of a century.
All administration, therefore, emanated from that body, reflected its will, and followed its behest.
If they modified it, it was only to make it conformable to the behests of their religion.
"Your Majesty's behests shall be obeyed," said Jack, and he ran off to rejoin the caravan.
Gibson while, in obedience to the behest of the grand duke, she continued to play rounders.
Those who subjugate ghosts in this way have power to command them to do their behests.
He appears at his command, obeys his behests, and yet leads, directs, and overpowers him.
And Cinders, quite unconcerned, obeyed his mistress's behest and lifted a rigid paw to his head.
Man yields at first to the natural authority of the family; he obeys unconditionally its behests.
What he did or ordered to be done was like the achievements or behests of a superhuman being.
I know that the President sometimes quotes the Constitution, and professes to carry out its behests.
Claude would not have disobeyed the behests of so sweet a nurse whatever they might have been.
Very unlike this ideal were most of the great persecutors who carried out the behests of Antichrist.
He appeared to sympathize and understand her uncertainty once she had stepped outdoors to follow his behest.
Those whose papers contain the names of gifts are then blindfolded, preparatory to receiving their behests.
Roosevelt, indicates solidity for the true local welfare of the people as against the behests of party.
Eunuchs, courtiers, generals, slaves, thronged round the dying man, helplessly desirous of doing his last behest.
How then will its behest be treated when it has no troops at its beck and call?
She thought it had fluttered out of my window, and went down smilingly to fulfil my behest.
He governed according to the behests of his English supporters, and had little will of his own.
No conclusive behests of law necessitating the limitation, it cannot rest on any safe reasons of military policy.
The simple Mongols reverence their lamas, and will readily execute their behests, even at great personal inconvenience.
Without compunction, or a sense of incongruity, she abused her brother and assisted the fulfillment of his behests.
According to the Emperor's behest we rested in our tents after the centurions had each harangued his men.
On all sides his behests were obeyed, the Saxon troops grudgingly ranging themselves under the French eagles.
However, one may be sure that these simple country folk had no want of retainers to do their behests.
He wanted a taste of adventure; and moreover obedience to his father's behests had been the groundwork of his education.
It also never entered his head that Lucius would disobey his behests if he brought pressure to bear on him.
Therein he obeyed the behests of the supreme pontiff, in order that such copies might have legality and authority.
Whence is the ultimate behest that is to determine the archetype, and control the pure spontaneity in its action.
He called to the clerk appointed to wait without and attend his private behests, while he scribbled a check.
No longer had they to toil under conditions approaching slavery at the behest of Ramon Porfirio and his minions.
Persuasively she speaks, and points out all the ills the world had suffered by disobedience to her behests.
Indian sachem who, at the behest of a white girl, kills her betrayer, and brings his scalp to her.
"Don't say who it is," she called after him as he moved away, somewhat unwillingly, to obey her behest.
I will refuse to obey their behests, thus, by courting death, atone in some degree for the infamy of my career!
If, when it has passed a law, any Court shall refuse to obey its behests, it can impeach the judges.
The haughty Burman replied that his vassal Kings as well as the meanest slaves were expected to obey his behests.
Accordingly, when the shadows of night had overspread the land and the sea, I set about to fulfil her behest.
Is it thus that a man, free and guiltless, is to be questioned at the behest, or rather outrage, of every lawless boy?
She had no tendencies which she despised, but also no ideals which, as I, she must constantly curtail at life's behest.
The old horse, nothing loath, obeyed his young master's behest as promptly as though he had fully understood the words.
I have disobeyed your behest; but you know not how I have been urged, and my pained soul cannot support the repetition.
The right of trial by jury has been abrogated, and this at the behest of the money power of the country.
She felt as if her will power had deserted her, and she was dumbly obeying the behests of some unseen relentless force.
When she heard that I refused to obey her behest she turned purple with rage, and looked as if she would annihilate me.
Winter, a jovial old man and the largest tenant on the estate, rose to do the Captain's behest, and sent up the key.
When the flow of my tears had ceased, I did not want to tarry a moment in the accomplishment of his last behests.
They have been obeying the behests of spiritual impulse, working in war gardens, eliminating luxuries, purchasing bonds, contributing to benevolent enterprises, until democracy is their ruling passion.
The main distinction between justice and all positive virtues I take to be that, whereas compliance with its behests is always imperative, compliance with theirs never is, but is always optional and discretionary.
This mystery constantly confronted Beethoven, that, even when obeying the finer behests of his nature, peace was not readily attained thereby; often there was instead, an accession of unhappiness for the time being.
Because the stern and bitter law of justice sometimes entails keen sorrow upon those who are forced to execute her decrees, is it any less obligatory upon the appointed officers to obey the solemn behests?
"I shall recommend you, then, to sit quite still, while I constitute myself, for the evening, your devoted knight; and shall, therefore, remain here, ready to obey your slightest behests, be they what they may."
The manner in which she reached her signature suggested the broken gait of an exhausted animal that has been lashed almost beyond endurance, yet accomplishes the behest of its master with its ultimate gasp.
His will is actively engaged in endeavoring to bring his muscles into action, but they cannot be made to obey its behests, and he consequently feels himself powerless to escape from the enemies which attack him.
The determining element was strategy that (under the behest of policy) prepared the military and naval forces in material and personnel before they were used, and directed their operations, while they were being used.
Uttering a prayer for the repose of his soul that, if it bore him no nearer to the Beautiful Gate, certainly left him no farther away from it, while it fulfilled the behest of a simple and beautiful faith!