counterwork

Example Sentences

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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

Sloth and superstition equally counterwork providence, and render the bounty of heaven of no effect.

From The History of Emily Montague by Brooke, Frances

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

Man seeks to know the worst only in order that he may avoid or counterwork it in the furtherance of his interests.

From The Moral Economy by Perry, Ralph Barton

When it was completed, this counterwork consisted of a solid stone wall, crowned with wooden towers, and defended in front by a palisade.

From Stories from Thucydides by Havell, H. L. (Herbert Lord)