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Get to know Betide better with 7 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like befall or pass.

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Betide in a sentence

Betide meaning

  1. Often used in a prediction (chiefly in woe betide) or a wish: to happen to (someone or something); to befall.
  2. Chiefly in the third person: to happen; to take place; to bechance, to befall.

Synonyms of Betide

befall come about fall out pass occur pass off go on hap happen bechance take place

Related words

Other words often associated with Betide or its synonyms:

move appear continue accident come permission look ignore result keep materialise surpass

Using Betide

  • The main meaning on this page is: Often used in a prediction (chiefly in woe betide) or a wish: to happen to (someone or something); to befall. | Chiefly in the third person: to happen; to take place; to bechance, to befall.
  • Useful related words include: befall, come about, fall out, pass.
  • In the example corpus, betide often appears in combinations such as: woe betide, betide anyone.

Context around Betide

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 13.4 words
  • Position in the sentence: 5 start, 2 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 5 statements, 1 questions, 1 exclamations

Often before:

woe 6× woes 1×

Often after:

anyone 2×

Sentence patterns with Betide

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

woe betide anyone who 2× and woe betide you if 1× financial woes betide this anime 1× woe betide a nation 1× woe betide any conservative 1× woe betide the broadcaster 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

woe betide anyone 2× but will financial 1× foreplay made him 1× woe betide a 1× woe betide any 1× woe betide the 1×

Common sentence endings:

a limp salad 1× come to power 1× him attempt head 1× master s program 1× read the gospels 1× shakespeare s works 1×

Words around Betide

Just before it in the word index:

beti 17 bethune 51 bethsaida 4 beths 2 bethpage 22 bethnal 31

Just after it in the word index:

betika 2 betio 6 betipul 2 betis 89 betjeman 10 betking 7

Similar in corpus frequency:

aad 10 aadhar 10 aaro 10 abels 10 abidin 10 abidine 10

Corpus analysis for Betide

  • In this selection, "betide" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 13.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, woe, woes and anyone stand out and add context to how "betide" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include woe betide anyone who and and woe betide you if. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "betide" sits close to words such as aad, aadhar and aaro, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with betide

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Woe betide the broadcaster that stands still. (7 words)

Woe betide a nation should this vision come to power! (10 words)

Woe betide any conservative Christian who dares to read the Gospels. (11 words)

Longer example sentences

Woe betide anyone who wants to be a dentist, physical therapist or otherwise enroll in any other professional master’s program. (21 words)

But will financial woes betide this anime a tragic fate like many of Shakespeare’s works? (16 words)

Foreplay made him cum too, and woe betide you if you let him attempt head. (15 words)

Question examples

But will financial woes betide this anime a tragic fate like many of Shakespeare’s works? (16 words)

Exclamation examples

Woe betide a nation should this vision come to power! (10 words)

Example sentences (7)

Woe betide a nation should this vision come to power!

Woe betide anyone who wants to be a dentist, physical therapist or otherwise enroll in any other professional master’s program.

Foreplay made him cum too, and woe betide you if you let him attempt head.

But will financial woes betide this anime a tragic fate like many of Shakespeare’s works?

Woe betide anyone who served James Sherwood a stodgy dumpling or a limp salad.

Woe betide any conservative Christian who dares to read the Gospels.

Woe betide the broadcaster that stands still.

Common combinations with betide

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "betide" in a sentence?
An example: "Woe betide a nation should this vision come to power!" This page contains 7 example sentences with the word "betide" from authentic English texts.
What does "betide" mean?
Betide means: Often used in a prediction (chiefly in woe betide) or a wish: to happen to (someone or something); to befall.
What are synonyms of "betide"?
Common synonyms of "betide" include: befall, come about, fall out, pass, occur, pass off, go on, hap. Plus 3 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "betide" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 7 example sentences with "betide", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.