estop

Example Sentences

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I told him that the children were in the habit of getting them from the meadow beyond, hoping to estop the suggestion I knew was coming.

From Drift from Two Shores by Harte, Bret

That is certainly strong moral proof—and perhaps legal corroborative evidence," said Arthur, coolly; "but it will not legally estop her proving that she is his sister—if she can do so.

From Gabriel Conroy by Harte, Bert

Such was alien to his kindly nature; and if it had not been, there were other causes to estop him from any such indulgence.

From The Memories of Fifty Years Containing Brief Biographical Notices of Distinguished Americans, and Anecdotes of Remarkable Men; Interspersed with Scenes and Incidents Occurring during a Long Life of Observation Chiefly Spent in the Southwest by Sparks, William Henry

Oh, we estop sometimes, but no for long.

From The Splendid Idle Forties Stories of Old California by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn

By publishing his new libel, you estop yourself from denying me this freedom.

From A Public Appeal for Redress to the Corporation and Overseers of Harvard University Professor Royce's Libel by Abbot, Francis Ellingwood