On our trip through North Yorkshire, we stopped in Bedale to explore the market square and local history museum.

Standing beneath the neon sign, I felt utterly bedaffled by the strange mixture of beauty and confusion.

The morning fog began to bedamp the garden furniture, leaving a thin sheen of moisture on every surface.

The old cellar, bedamped by the storm, smelled faintly of mildew.

The bedamped porch steps were slick beneath our shoes after the morning fog.

She bedamns the betrayer every time his name crosses her lips.

She bedamned the corrupt officials in a fiery speech.

He left the meeting, bedamning the verdict under his breath.