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How to use behest in a sentence

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At the behest of his friend, the son goes to the neighbouring town to earn enough money to grease the palm of the panchayat president.
His work On Justinian's Buildings, was composed at the emperor's behest, and is panegyrical in tone.
The enamoured look in her soft, brown eyes lessened the harshness of her behest.
To say what was done was done at the behest of officials is totally incorrect.
The early European navigators and explorers mostly undertook their voyages at the behest of kings in search of wealth.
In fact, the troupe first staged the play in Delhi at the behest of the French Embassy on the occasion of Hugo's bicentenary celebrations.
The items were sold at the behest of his descendants and fetched much more than the auctioneers had bargained for.
It comes not at the behest of some charismatic national leader or the bidding of some strident national organization.
Grant does so reluctantly, at the urgent behest of his aunt, Jefferson's godmother, and a local preacher.
A few weeks ago we sent out an all-points bulletin at the behest of a curious reader, surprisingly without success.
He was merely rebalancing his portfolio, at the behest of his financial adviser.
At the behest of their US puppet-masters, the newly elected Iraqi government had Al Jazeera temporarily thrown out of the country.
But Virginie is sent to Paris at the behest of a rich maiden aunt who desires to educate her to receive her fortune.
This is done usually at the behest of central bankers who are still somewhat perplexingly attached to strong currencies at all costs.
If there is not a successful breakthrough, we're there at the Government's behest and if they decide to stand us down, then we will be stood down.
Within months she was a heroin addict, pregnant with their first child, and at his behest prostituting herself in Las Vegas to alcoholic gamblers to support both their habits.
Richard, stung by the Commons' effrontery, retorted that he would not remove one scullion from his kitchen at their behest.
The Battle of Anghiari was covered or destroyed at the behest of the Medici.
I am sure the member is aware that the occupants of any home on reserve are at the behest and discretion of the chief and council.
Processes were put in place some time ago at the behest of the local manager.
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Examples from Classical Literature
He did spontaneously the things that lesser men do at behest of their press-agents.
Krishna will then attack him and at Earth's own behest, will kill Naraka and take to Dwarka all the imprisoned girls.
Origen, Eusebius telleth, had seven, given him by Ambrosius to do his behest.
Moreover at Easter Kunz was likewise to quit home, and go to Venice at my granduncle's behest.
There she found eight other women, all Moldavians, who she knew were all working as prostitutes under the defendant's behest.
Then, signior, I lay on you my sovereign behest to furbish up your lungs and other vocal organs, as they will be wanted on my royal service.
But, unfortunately, that fervour cooled in a couple of years and some self-seekers became active at the behest of foreign powers.
Did not her mighty messenger, the ancient Iss, bear you upon her leaden bosom at your own behest to the Valley Dor?
At the behest of the sciolist, Toloki investigates mourning on an international level.
At the behest of his Linotype teacher in 1930, he began to work at The Belnamos newspaper in Belmont Shore for experience.
I knew her for the goddess Mnemosyne, and I tried to follow her behest.
To have died at your behest at the instant would have been as nothing.
Moore had advised a woman not to date Brown at the behest of friends, who were concerned about Brown's reputation as a lady's man.
At thy behest I will shake off that nature Which from my, forefathers I did inherit, Which with my mother's milk I did imbibe, And be no more Politian, but some other.
I would much rather not have told her anything of my antecedents, but no man could look into the depth of those eyes and refuse her slightest behest.
Did I not, even at the time when I was proud to obey her behest, feel that it was surely a poor love which could drive a lover to his death or the danger of it?
Accordingly, though with much misgiving, I did his ticklish behest in Fleet Street, where, despite my past, I was already making a certain lowly footing for myself.
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