reviling
Example Sentences
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Treat no one with disdain; with patience bear Reviling language; with an angry man Be never angry; blessings give for curses.*
From Book of Wise Sayings Selected Largely from Eastern Sources by Clouston, William Alexander
Reviling himself with a bitterness that was explicit but impotent, he started off resolutely to seek the aid of the police--the last extremity.
From Nedra by McCutcheon, George Barr
Reviling implies some injury inflicted on one's neighbor, since it is a kind of injustice.
From Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint
For us the long past ages have not flown; Like our own deeds they travel with us still; Reviling them, we but ourselves disown; We are the stream their many currents fill.
From Education and the Higher Life by Spalding, J. L.
"Treat no one with disdain, with patience bear Reviling language; with an angry man Be never angry; blessings give for curses."
