estop

Example Sentences

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All these inhibitory influences which generally produce negation do not estop Mr. Hughes.

From Behind the Mirrors The Psychology of Disintegration at Washington by Gilbert, Clinton W. (Clinton Wallace)

Such was alien to his kindly nature; and if it had not been, there were other causes to estop him from any such indulgence.

From The Memories of Fifty Years Containing Brief Biographical Notices of Distinguished Americans, and Anecdotes of Remarkable Men; Interspersed with Scenes and Incidents Occurring during a Long Life of Observation Chiefly Spent in the Southwest by Sparks, William Henry

That is certainly strong moral proof—and perhaps legal corroborative evidence," said Arthur, coolly; "but it will not legally estop her proving that she is his sister—if she can do so.

From Gabriel Conroy by Harte, Bert

By voting for our opponents, such of us as do it in some measure estop ourselves to complain of their acts, however glaringly wrong we may believe them to be.

From The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 1: 1832-1843 by Lincoln, Abraham

Sige's theoretical knowledge of war and his experience were then felt to be so overshadowing to everybody else's as to estop criticism.

From The Struggle for Missouri by McElroy, John