Sentence example with the word 'countervail'

countervail

accommodate, be inimical, conflict with, correct, counterweigh, fit, juxtapose in opposition, oppose, rectify, strike a balance, work against

Last update: October 15, 2015


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No amount of skill in the manipulation of figures, no ingenuity in shifting fiscal burdens, could prevent the addition of forty-one millions to the national debt, or could countervail the appalling mismanagement at the seat of war.   [Please select]

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Swipes, coloured softly, at his noble lordship's gaze, to the tint of the rose-bud in her hat; and then spoke coldly to countervail her blush.   [Please select]

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