The hand of the parent writes on the heart of the child the first faint characters which time deepens into strength so that nothing can efface them. From LearnThat.org. [R. Hill.]
efface oneself. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
efface the memory of the time in the camps. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Her sister caught hold of the word efface, and rung the changes upon it. From Wordnik.com. [Amelia — Complete] Reference
And that, night cannot efface from the painter’s imagination’ (quoted without attribution in Holden. From Wordnik.com. [Darkness Audible: Negative Capability and Mark Dotys 'Nocturne in Black and Gold'] Reference
While speaking in her clear tones with a depth of feeling in her manner and varying expression efface, her beauty was felt by all. From Wordnik.com. [A Heart-Song of To-day] Reference
And, after all, his plans to 'efface' Clayton were only inchoate. From Wordnik.com. [The Midnight Passenger : a novel] Reference
Churches can pass you, will ever be able to efface. From Wordnik.com. [Morality as a Religion An exposition of some first principles] Reference
Neither time, nor change, nor absence, could her love for me efface. From Wordnik.com. [Stories in Verse] Reference
Champlain, however substantial, could not efface the recollection of. From Wordnik.com. [The King's Warrant A Story of Old and New France] Reference
The man saw him at the same time and sought to efface himself among the others. From Wordnik.com. [Army Boys on German Soil Our Doughboys Quelling the Mobs] Reference
I depended on Lent for some time to myself, and see how they efface the calendar!. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
How on earth had those people managed to efface themselves in that amazing manner?. From Wordnik.com. [The Slave of Silence] Reference
As far as I was concerned, he couldn't have chosen a better time to efface himself. From Wordnik.com. [Matt Slade, Esq.--Pro Bono Czar] Reference
If we work upon marble, it will perish; if we work upon brass, time will efface it. From Wordnik.com. [The Choctaw Freedmen and The Story of Oak Hill Industrial Academy] Reference
But, yes, the Decree being made Absolute would not undo, or even efface, that fact. From Wordnik.com. [McClure's Magazine, Vol 31, No 2, June 1908] Reference
Nay, but I fear it was to do an act that years of prayer and penitence cannot efface. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866] Reference
You see a bachelor's love-affair is a serious thing, and years cannot always efface it. From Wordnik.com. [The Darrow Enigma] Reference
The bright moment was alone remembered, and the black sequel could not efface her image. From Wordnik.com. [The Dodge Club or, Italy in MDCCCLIX] Reference
A single deed or word might work an injury which many months of argument could not efface. From Wordnik.com. [The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa] Reference
Desvanneaux tried to efface by brushing off the gravel with the corner of her handkerchief. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
'It is a crime to efface the successive imprints made in stone by the hands of our ancestors. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
North Korea tries as best it can to efface China's role in saving the country during the Korean War. From Wordnik.com. [John Feffer: Obama: Engage North Korea Now (But Don't Tell Anyone)] Reference
In this place the tall houses, set somewhat back, efface themselves, and reveal a glimpse of the sky. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
My sympathies became too deeply enlisted for the poor negroes who were thus enslaved for time to efface. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences] Reference
De Tocqueville, after the third Revolution had proved its impotence to efface the footmarks of nature. From Wordnik.com. [The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886] Reference
Active, indeed, they must have been, to efface from an area so extensive a solid formation from 500ft. to. From Wordnik.com. [Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter] Reference
Of late the boy had been full of this new desire to efface his wrong-doing by some means or other himself. From Wordnik.com. [The Captain's Bunk A Story for Boys] Reference
It had awakened a tardy resentment in Marjorie's hitherto forgiving heart that she could not readily efface. From Wordnik.com. [Marjorie Dean High School Sophomore] Reference
Then death, which would not take Marsa, came to another, and gave Menko an opportunity to repair and efface all. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
"I trust the recollection of to-day will efface that of the blot of ink, for which I am still filled with remorse.". From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
At this moment, she was happy to live; there was not a sad thought that these words, "He loves me!" could not efface. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
So also with the Greeks; they leave traces of a refined intellect behind them which centuries cannot entirely efface. From Wordnik.com. [Fair Italy, the Riviera and Monte Carlo Comprising a Tour Through North and South Italy and Sicily with a Short Account of Malta] Reference
What jest could restore him the prestige he had enjoyed; what play of words efface the shame of that public chastisement?. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Rose] Reference
Your love has been so great that it has entered into my very soul, and there is nothing that can ever efface it from my heart. From Wordnik.com. [Chinese Folk-Lore Tales] Reference
Yet all this did not efface the cruel stripes left by the knout, or efface from his heart the wrong and misery he had endured. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Nihilist or, Young America in Russia] Reference
But she took the precaution to efface the portion relating to herself, yet not so perfectly as to prevent its being deciphered. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Venerable Sister Margaret Bourgeois] Reference
Amfortas is laid on a raised couch, and from behind, Titurel's voice is heard, imploring his son to efface his guilt in godly works. From Wordnik.com. [The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas] Reference
Reflect on your having it now in your power, without pain or labor, to efface your sins, and to find mercy at that terrible tribunal. From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference
"It is certainly the best plan," replied Sir Philip; and while Mrs. Hazleton retired to efface the traces of tears from her eyelids, the. From Wordnik.com. [The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851] Reference
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