countervail

Example Sentences

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We depend on our memory to record, to learn and to recall, and we depend on forgetting to countervail, to sculpt and to squelch our memories.

From New York Times • Mar. 9, 2022

And for years, the company’s actions and public statements have borne the imprint of Musk’s whims, with no moderating force to countervail them.

From Slate • Oct. 2, 2018

And I will bring to you them that shall mightily and to the hilt against all countervail and denial prove that Privy Seal is a false and damnable traitor to thee and this goodly realm.

From Privy Seal His Last Venture by Ford, Ford Madox

The crown, th’ unfading crown, her soul inspires: ’Tis that, and that alone, can countervail The body’s treacheries, and the world’s assaults: On earth’s poor pay our famish’d virtue dies.

From Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes by Young, Edward

To this end, she began to cast about for some cunning wizard, who might countervail the plots of this malicious witch.

From The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character by Roby, John