Thesaurus / stemmed
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synonyms for stemmed
- hinder
- withstand
- resist
- curb
- contain
- restrain
- control
- dam
- stay
- arrest
- oppose
- check
- hold back
- bring to a standstill
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But in a malignant war there is injustice of ignobler kind at once to God and man, which must be stemmed for both their sakes.
PEARLS OF THOUGHTMATURIN M. BALLOUThere was no doubt in my mind but that the newspaper article stemmed from Mr. Hamblen's visit with a newspaper reporter.
WARREN COMMISSION (10 OF 26): HEARINGS VOL. X (OF 15)THE PRESIDENT'S COMMISSION ON THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT KENNEDYAs it was, the three were lolling in lazy attitudes, smoking their long-stemmed pipes and talking in a disjointed fashion.
TWO BOYS IN WYOMINGEDWARD S. ELLISBlack-eyed boys, and here and there a drowsy man with a long, cherry-stemmed pipe between his teeth, stood aside to stare.
VILLA RUBEIN AND OTHER STORIESJOHN GALSWORTHYThey were sitting in deep chairs in the living room now, a tall-stemmed reading lamp glowing softly between them, hardly speaking.
YOUNG PEOPLE'S PRIDESTEPHEN VINCENT BENETIn form it belongs to Class A of stemmed implements, is lozenge-shaped, without shoulder or barb.
THE SWASTIKATHOMAS WILSONThe long-stemmed pipe was reverently lifted from the sacred ground which is its resting-place.
RED HUNTERS AND THE ANIMAL PEOPLECHARLES A. EASTMANI used to sit in one of the coffee-houses and drink coffee or tea and smoke the long-stemmed water-pipe, the narghile.
WAR IN THE GARDEN OF EDENKERMIT ROOSEVELTThe host, in his old brown dressing-gown, sat with his slippered feet up on the table, and puffed at his long-stemmed pipe.
DRY FISH AND WETANTHON BERNHARD ELIAS NILSENThere were other curiosities in the window,—a small cannon-ball, two reddish short-stemmed pipes, and many things of Indian make.
AMY IN ACADIAHELEN LEAH REED