counteractant

Example Sentences

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She surrounded herself, she steeped herself, with the East, to have, as it were, a sort of counteractant against the spell of the black-haired horse man.

From The Virginian, a Horseman of the Plains by Wister, Owen

But Martha had had no counteractant to soften or obliterate the thoughts of her blasted hopes.

From The Transgressors Story of a Great Sin by Adams, Francis A.

What had Clay to offer as a counteractant, as an equal inspiration to the pride of this lusty nation?

From Children of the Market Place by Masters, Edgar Lee

I took it that the very mystery of the proceeding was in some way a counteractant to his grief.

From Dracula by Stoker, Bram