bring to the ground
Example Sentences
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The damsel asks which of the birds her bow and arrow must bring to the ground.
From Oriental Women by Edward Bagby Pollard
And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall He bring down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust.'
From Ghetto Tragedies by Israel Zangwill
Dick used his own glasses, and he looked long, and with the most intense curiosity, mingled with admiration, at the Lion of the South, whom they were about to bring to the ground.
From The Tree of Appomattox by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler
Fell, fel, v.t. to cause to fall: to bring to the ground: to cut down.—adj.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
How many chimerical titles to precedence, how many false pretences to respect, would this rule bring to the ground!
From The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 06 Reviews, Political Tracts, and Lives of Eminent Persons by Samuel Johnson
