Sentence example with the word 'redound'

redound

Definition v. return or recoil

Last update: September 8, 2015


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His practical jokes may redound on his own head one day.   [Please select]

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The details of the day, memorable in the history of war as well as of Scotland, have been singularly well preserved, and redound to the credit of Bruce, who had studied in the school of Wallace as well as in that of Edward I.   [Please select]

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He knew that this tale redounded to the glory of our arms and so one had to pretend not to doubt it.   [Please select]

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I tried to think how to better my story, so to tell it that it should redound to my credit.   [Please select]

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We therefore hope, and are preparing for a rich harvest of trade, which will greatly redound to the advantage of this colony.   [Please select]

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It did not redound to our credit that we showed interest in the movements of such people.   [Please select]

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I tried to cheat the Lord, and then tried to patch it up by doing something that redounded to my worldly credit.   [Please select]

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The matter pleased the King of the Frogs, and he thought that it would redound to his advantage; and he at once seated himself upon the Snake, and indulged in vainglorious airs in consequence.   [Please select]

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The Navigation Acts, for example, redounded to the advantage of American shipbuilders and the producers of hemp, tar, lumber, and ship stores in general.   [Please select]

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