betook

How to use betook in a sentence

• His lordship retired shortly to his study, Hetton and Mr. Haggard betook themselves to the billiard-room.

  The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James Wills

• He accordingly betook himself to London, where he had social resources which would, perhaps, make exile endurable.

  Confidence | Henry James

• To this address he betook himself on the morning of his arrival, but found that his friend had changed his abode.

  The Garret and the Garden | R.M. Ballantyne

• That lady turned her back upon him, and betook herself on the spur of the moment to Maude's room, determined to "have it out."

  Elster's Folly | Mrs. Henry Wood

• Whiles some returned to the hall where they had passed the night, others betook them to the gardens and orchards.

  The Merrie Tales Of Jacques Tournebroche | Anatole France