counterwork

Example Sentences

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Grote wrote his history of Greece to counterwork the party bias of Mitford.

From Practical Essays by Bain, Alexander

It removed one of the two influences which had protected Constantine and enabled him to counterwork Entente policy and strategy in the Near East.

From A Short History of the Great War by Pollard, A. F. (Albert Frederick)

Let it be to abjure thy malice; to counterwork this hellish stratagem; to turn from me and from my brother this desolating rage!

From The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: American by Hawthorne, Julian

How shall I counterwork his plots or detect his coadjutor?

From The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: American by Hawthorne, Julian

At first he will be repeatedly putting more force on one hand than on another, and will have to rectify his course by counterwork with the neglected hand.

From Boating by Woodgate, W. B.