counterwork

Example Sentences

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Two reigns which never have ceased and never can cease to counterwork each other, the reign of the Word and the reign of the Sword.

From The Formation of Christendom, Volume VII by Allies, Thomas W.

That gift makes anything believable, reasonable, possible, rather than that He should spare not His own Son, and then should counterwork His own act by sending the world anything but good.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinthians, Chap. V) by Maclaren, Alexander

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.

I proceeded to the house of the chief magistrate the instant I arrived, that I might give no time to my adversary to counterwork my proceeding.

From Caleb Williams Or Things as They Are by Godwin, William

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)