counterwork

Example Sentences

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To detect and to counterwork this plot was obviously my duty.

From Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793 by Brown, Charles Brockden

Plato tried to counterwork this mischief, but in vain.

From Ancient States and Empires by Lord, John

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

From Wieland: or, the Transformation, an American Tale by Brown, Charles Brockden

The cardinal's disappointment strongly inclined him to counterwork the amorous projects of his rival.

From The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part E. From Charles I. to Cromwell by Hume, David

By this time the Syracusan counterwork had almost passed the end of the Athenian wall, and if it were carried a few yards further, the siege of Syracuse would be brought to a standstill.

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