counterwork

Example Sentences

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He has set himself to counterwork the machinations of this man, who had menaced destruction to all that is dear to me, and whose cunning had surmounted every human impediment.

From Wieland: or, the Transformation, an American Tale by Brown, Charles Brockden

It removed one of the two influences which had protected Constantine and enabled him to counterwork Entente policy and strategy in the Near East.

From A Short History of the Great War by Pollard, A. F. (Albert Frederick)

Grote wrote his history of Greece to counterwork the party bias of Mitford.

From Practical Essays by Bain, Alexander

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)

At first he will be repeatedly putting more force on one hand than on another, and will have to rectify his course by counterwork with the neglected hand.

From Boating by Woodgate, W. B.