oppugnancy

Example Sentences

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There seems a mere oppugnancy of nature between the two, and yet both were, in different ways, the dupes of their own imaginations.

From Among My Books First Series by Lowell, James Russell

Let it be said that her powers of antagonism at times were not sufficiently restrained—how, without such oppugnancy, could she have stood forth for unpopular truths?

From Harriet Martineau by Miller, Florence Fenwick

Sunder it Thou, who all behold'st so clear, Nor heed the stubborn will's oppugnancy.

From The Century of Columbus by Walsh, James J.

He indeed pushed himself into the front place by dint of copious verbosity, and militant oppugnancy.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, November 7, 1891 by Various

O surer than suspicion's hundred eyes Is that fine sense, which, to the pure in heart, By mere oppugnancy of their own goodness.

From Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete by Hogan, William