be set

Synonyms

beleaguer environ

Examples

Monkeys who very sensibly refrain from speech, lest they should be set to earn their livings. Kenneth Grahame

Petition me no petitions, sir, to-day Let other hours be set apart for business. To-day it is our pleasure to be drunk And this our queen shall be as drunk as we. Henry Fielding

Men's hearts ought not to be set against one another, but set with one another, and all against evil only. Thomas Carlyle

Men have fashioned an image of Chance as an excuse for their own stupidity. For Chance rarely conflicts with intelligence, and most things in life can be set in order by an intelligent sharpsightedness. Democritus

All cats are not to be set down for witches. French Proverb

Fools must not be set on eggs. German Proverb

Words in the phrase

be set

Close letter words and terms

be served be servile be servile to be set in one's ways be set off be set out