image-breaker
Example Sentences
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He was alternately the worshipper and image-breaker of etiquette, ministerial and opposition party thereof, as his vanity dictated.
From Titan: A Romance v. 1 (of 2) by Richter, Jean Paul Friedrich
Once in every half a century it is needful that the image-breaker should come along and knock on the head the brainless images of cant.
From A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. by Bartlett, William Chauncey
Such was his simplicity of speech and manner, such his transparent sincerity, that it was next to impossible to quarrel with the gentle image-breaker.
From Ralph Waldo Emerson by Holmes, Oliver Wendell
In that case our friend the image-breaker has begun operations in another quarter of London.
From The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
The image-breaker is exalted above my Lord Bishop in all his glory of lawn sleeves and piety in uniform by men like Wanless and his friends.
From The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant by Wilson, Alexander Johnstone
