counterwork

Example Sentences

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He is bound in these reports and audiences, not to counterwork the Cabinet; not to divide it; not to undermine the position of any of his colleagues in the Royal favor.

From Prose Masterpieces from Modern Essayists by Froude, James Anthony

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

When it was completed, this counterwork consisted of a solid stone wall, crowned with wooden towers, and defended in front by a palisade.

From Stories from Thucydides by Havell, H. L. (Herbert Lord)

Let it be to abjure thy malice; to counterwork this hellish stratagem; to turn from me and from my brother this desolating rage!

From The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: American by Hawthorne, Julian

Would’st thou receive them, other thoughts there are, On angel-wing, descending from above, 1001 Which these, with art divine, would counterwork, And form celestial armour for thy peace.

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