"That's what I call repelling boarders!" said Captain Barforth, grimly. From Wordnik.com. [The Rover Boys on Treasure Isle or The Strange Cruise of the Steam Yacht.] Reference
France would then have as much interest in repelling Russia as we have. From Wordnik.com. [The Romance of Isabel, Lady Burton] Reference
The rest I have to chance, and, as I told you, I've so far been pretty lucky in repelling invaders. From Wordnik.com. [A Little Bush Maid] Reference
Happy would it have been, had she exerted an equal degree of fortitude in repelling the first attacks upon her virtue!. From Wordnik.com. [The Coquette, or, The History of Eliza Wharton: A Novel Founded on Fact] Reference
Thanks David I fear few are interested in repelling the hoardes on this particular field and IT and CU are so much pithier. From Wordnik.com. [Chaucer Versus Socialism] Reference
Hence the decisive victory of Aliwal and its wonderful results and important aid in repelling the Sikh army at Sobraon and seizing the capital of his vaunted glory. From Wordnik.com. [The Autobiography of Liuetenant-General Sir Harry Smith, Baronet of Aliwal on the Sutlej, G. C. B.] Reference
You don't stand much of a chance for long term repelling under these conditions (as described above). From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-10-01] Reference
Not really sure, but she's kind of repelling in a way. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 21, 2006] Reference
I'm not really sure, but she's kind of repelling in a way. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 21, 2006] Reference
Attraction; a repulsive, repellent force, one tending or repelling from. From Wordnik.com. [Aether and Gravitation] Reference
As we drove through the base there were squads of soldiers repelling down walls. From Wordnik.com. [With Traumatic Brain Injuries, Soldiers Face Battle For Care] Reference
He pointed out how useless it was for us now to think of repelling such numbers. From Wordnik.com. [Yr Ynys Unyg The Lonely Island] Reference
This product did not rate near the top for either sun protection or repelling insects. From Wordnik.com. [The best sunscreens and insect repellents] Reference
Wilson was for repelling a tyrant who grabbed land, but not for regime change by force. From Wordnik.com. [Living Politics: The Plame Game] Reference
Two centuries ago, Tibet's nobles begged for China's help in repelling a Nepalese invasion. From Wordnik.com. [The Day Of The Living Buddhas] Reference
The public phone booth across the street from the post office was like a turning magnet, attracting, repelling. From Wordnik.com. [Fourteen Days In November] Reference
Scrawny of figure, hard and repelling of features, an atmosphere of malevolence seemed to emanate from her presence. From Wordnik.com. [Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness] Reference
The Chaldean magi also employed many formulas and incantations for repelling evil spirits and for the cure of disease. From Wordnik.com. [Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery] Reference
There were no more creeks near Dawson worth the staking, but gold lay farther afield -- over the vast repelling mountains. From Wordnik.com. [Colorado Jim] Reference
He received the Silver Star for repelling German tanks, while being open to hostile fire, during an engagement in Luxembourg. From Wordnik.com. [Ralph Houk dies at 90; managed N.Y. Yankees to 2 World Series wins in the '60s] Reference
In one heart-breaking, repelling half-hour his other self was revealed, and a damaged love was left to minister to wretchedness. From Wordnik.com. [Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness] Reference
The three days 'agony at Gettysburg had issued in the triumph of the loyal arms, repelling the threatened invasion of the North. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866] Reference
So that in assuming that there is this repelling power in the light waves, there are thus two forces in existence in the solar system. From Wordnik.com. [Aether and Gravitation] Reference
The South's defense white paper offers specific insights into Plan 5027 -- the allied blueprint for repelling a North Korean invasion. From Wordnik.com. [Chemical Nightmares] Reference
The new album is slightly less incendiary than 2000's parent-repelling "The Marshall Mathers LP" (his real name) or his murderous debut. From Wordnik.com. [The Abc's Of Eminem] Reference
The repelling power of the Aether waves is not, however, sufficient to overcome altogether the centripetal force in conjunction with the. From Wordnik.com. [Aether and Gravitation] Reference
But for the rest, what means that pallid cheek, the hollow eye, and those stern gloomy looks, repelling sympathy, creating strong disgust. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 6, June 1810] Reference
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