disuniting

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

And, in fact, the emperor, as the only means of disuniting his two powerful vassals, felt himself obliged to cede Valenciennes and the islands of Zealand to Baldwin.

From Holland The History of the Netherlands by Grattan, Thomas Colley

But then, on the other hand, as a counterbalance to these disuniting elements, there was in Dante's Italy, as in Greece, a much greater uniformity of religion common to all than amongst the northern nations.

From Literary Remains, Volume 1 by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor

Ah! certainly, an ingenious plan for disuniting us.

From Love and Life An Old Story in Eighteenth Century Costume by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

On disuniting the iron helix, the magnet caused with the copper helix alone still stronger deflection in the same direction.

From Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume 1 by Faraday, Michael

We are told by the critics of the Gladstonian scheme that federalism is not "a plan for disuniting the parts of a united state."

From Handbook of Home Rule Being articles on the Irish question by Godkin, Edwin Lawrence