| When the historical Marie de Gournay finally burst into Montaigne's actual life in 1588, stabbing herself repeatedly with a bodkin to show her besottedness, he had four years to live. |
| Such was the general state of besottedness that many of the faithful blissfully accepted the new prediction. |
| I did warn him freely, but he was stout in his besottedness. |
| Perhaps I will discover, like Jon Michaud, that the quickest route to besottedness with the book is via besottedness itself. |
| As for Ed, within his circle of jocks, the boys are baffled by his besottedness with Min, while the girls are alternately irritated and tolerant. |
