The very thought of his cold clammy hands repulsed me. From LearnThat.org. [Idoceonline.com]
The great battle of Fredericksburg, in which the Federal armies sustained a disastrous repulse, is described in the Supplement, page. From Wordnik.com. [Foreign and Colonial News] Reference
To him a repulse was the starting point of a new attempt. From Wordnik.com. [The New England Magazine, Volume 1, No. 1, January 1886 Bay State Monthly, Volume 4, No. 1, January, 1886] Reference
The first intimation he had of a repulse was the trembling of. From Wordnik.com. [In His Steps] Reference
A repulse was a sure defeat; and a defeat was most commonly total destruction. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1] Reference
The first intimation he had of a repulse was the trembling of Rachel's arm in his. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-06-01] Reference
To a young man possessed of excessive vanity, the repulse was the more humiliating in proportion to its publicity. From Wordnik.com. [The Emigrants Of Ahadarra The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two] Reference
I had one cousin who told me I "repulse" her because I am voting for Obama and she hasn't spoken to me since. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Buzz US: Top Stories] Reference
McPherson at Dallas, but received a terrible and bloody repulse. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
Trieste; Austrians repulse Italians at Caporetto and near Plava. From Wordnik.com. [New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915] Reference
Opatow region, Russians repulse attacks and make counter-attacks. From Wordnik.com. [New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915] Reference
Germans repulse heavy French attacks on both sides of the Lorette. From Wordnik.com. [New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915] Reference
Austrians repulse Russians; the right wing of the Austrian Army in. From Wordnik.com. [New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915] Reference
He instinctively realized that Canton would repulse any effort that. From Wordnik.com. [Over the Line] Reference
Germans repulse French near Flirey; Germans advance west of Combres. From Wordnik.com. [New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915] Reference
Russians repulse Germans at Shavli; Russians have made advances on the. From Wordnik.com. [New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915] Reference
June 3 -- Italians repulse Austrian attempts to dislodge them from the. From Wordnik.com. [New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915] Reference
In like manner, I would urge the importance of following up a repulse of the enemy. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
The platters of whole poultry, which our friends feared would repulse me, instead inspired my respect. From Wordnik.com. [Eat, Drink, Man, Woman (And Child)] Reference
Following this repulse of the enemy, which occurred about 4: 30 p. m., there was a lull in the firing. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Gatling Gun Detachment] Reference
It was a repulse, but it sounded rather as an invitation to continue the siege in a less impulsive manner. From Wordnik.com. [Grey Town An Australian Story] Reference
He drew the weapon from his pocket and laid it upon the divan, as if he wished to repulse any new temptation. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Of course I only witnessed the falling back of our gunboats and felt sad enough at the time over the repulse. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
Przyszow, and Kamerale; Russians repulse counter attacks in the direction of Nisko; Germans repulse Russians at Shavli; in Central. From Wordnik.com. [New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915] Reference
If you repulse me, our friendship is destroyed forever, and I dare not think of what will happen between us, but it will be terrible!. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
"Now we repulse the enemy from the sea," blares a loudspeaker, first in Chinese and then in English for the benefit of Western observers. From Wordnik.com. [Defending Taiwan] Reference
We examined the redoubt named "Sanders," where, on the Sunday previous, three brigades of the enemy had assaulted and met a bloody repulse. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
Occasionally one party or the other would make a dash in the nature of a sally, but usually it sustained a repulse with great loss of life. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
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