How to Use behest in a Sentence

behest

noun

• I only made the change at the author's behest.
• Later in the episode, Mysaria was murdered by Larys (Matthew Needham) in a fire at the behest of the queen.
  — Ryan Parker, Peoplemag, 16 Oct. 2022
• At the behest of Mr. Kilar, backed by Mr. Stankey, both were forced to resign.
  — James B. Stewart, New York Times, 19 Nov. 2022
• The Senate didn't pay the $155 per diem to Clark for that meeting at the behest of Senate leaders.
  — Michael R. Wickline, Arkansas Online, 29 Sep. 2022
• In 2018, at the behest of her son Jesse, Smith joined the social media platform.
  — Laura Zornosa, Time, 2 Nov. 2022
• At the behest of their parents, Pedro taught Brian the bass.
  — Suzy Exposito, Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2023
• At the behest of his lawyer Ilene Farkas, Sheeran explained the writing process behind the song.
  — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2023
• At Martins’s behest, but without protest, Bob left the board.
  — Alastair MacAulay, New York Times, 23 June 2023
• As a group, players in Portland — at the behest of Epperson and the coaching staff — have looked to set a tone on the field.
  — Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 26 June 2023
• The film opens four years after Nike went public, a move that puts Phil at the behest of an omniscient board.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Mar. 2023
• One that came at the behest of Rostyslav, the boy who had been watching TikTok videos before the missile hit.
  — Michael Schwirtz, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Jan. 2023
• On the morning of their fatal journey, Odom approached the flight crew at the behest of the band, in an effort to get some answers about the aircraft.
  — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 5 Mar. 2023
• It hasn’t been aired since, reportedly at the behest of the family.
  — William Booth, Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2022
• More than half of Gaza’s 2.2 million residents have been displaced, and most of them have moved to the south at the behest of the Israeli military.
  — Ben Hubbard, New York Times, 29 Nov. 2023
• The question is whether the facts add up to crimes as alleged by a federal grand jury at the behest of Jack Smith, the special counsel.
  — Peter Baker, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Aug. 2023
• His actions come at the behest of employers who want more workers like him.
  — Megan Farrer, Dallas News, 9 June 2023
• To even say his name feels disrespectful to the millions who died at his behest during World War II.
  — Diane Brady, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2022
• Both in 2008 and this month, the JPMorgan boss acted at the behest of the federal government.
  — Maureen Farrell, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2023
• She was also accompanied by one man who licked her leg from boot to thigh at the behest of the cameraman.
  — Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2023
• The new law passed at voters’ behest also allows for the state to collect a 9 percent tax on cannabis sales, which is the amount levied for alcohol.
  — Michael Brice-Saddler, Washington Post, 30 June 2023
• At an old-timers hockey game years later, Watson, at the behest of Ted Lindsay, skated over to Hull.
  — Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 31 Jan. 2023
• Next comes a closeup of her waist, being laced with pitiless pressure, at her own behest, into a corset.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2022
• At Cameron’s behest, the tank simulated waves and currents, too.
  — Darryn King, New York Times, 16 Dec. 2022
• The king was also due to visit France last week, but that trip was abandoned at the behest of the French government amid mass protests in the country over a pension overhaul.
  — Max Colchester, WSJ, 29 Mar. 2023
• That plan changed at the behest of his mom and his uncle, the first two college graduates within his family.
  — Tom Green | [e-mail], al, 19 Apr. 2023
• Some lawmakers have accused the app of boosting these messages at the behest of the Chinese government.
  — Lauren Feiner, The Verge, 15 Mar. 2024
• This is the backdrop against which Adams has weakened street safety measures and road diets, at the behest of business interests and donors.
  — Curbed, 27 Oct. 2023
• Some of the biggest breakups came at the behest of companies themselves rather than government trustbusters.
  — Don Muir, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023
• Authorities say the killings were carried out at the behest of a man who wanted to take over Redmond's printing business.
  — CBS News, 16 Nov. 2022
• In the late nineties, at his mother’s behest, Robinson began interviewing his friends and family, though the project was soon put on hold.
  — Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024