Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: molested
IPA transcription: [məl'ɛstɪd]
Usage examples
  • The oxen stood complacently chewing the cud. Indians never molested British fur-traders.
  • They could see the dark line of the guard-boat, but they were not molested and came into the wharf safely.
  • I reasoned with myself that I had lain helpless for many hours within the cave, yet nothing had molested me, and my better judgment, when permitted the direction of clear and logical reasoning, convinced me that the noises I had heard must have resulted from purely natural and harmless causes; probably the conformation of the cave was such that a slight breeze had caused the sounds I heard.