counterwork

Example Sentences

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It is an operation that you can counterwork.

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

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

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

He has set himself to counterwork the machinations of this man, who had menaced destruction to all that is dear to me, and whose cunning had surmounted every human impediment.

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