Example Sentences

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A single tear fell from Gulielmo, notwithstanding the proud compressure of his lips.

From The Sea-Witch Or, the African Quadroon : a Story of the Slave Coast by Ballou, Maturin Murray

The compressure necessary to produce this shape has entirely destroyed the organs of veneration, of benevolence, and of the reasoning powers.

From The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 2 by Ingraham, Jonathon Holt

What profited most was compressure of the extremities with both my hands.'

From Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 02 by Fowler, F. G. (Francis George)

If these were spread over the surface of France, instead of close compressure in the court or cabinet, they would corrupt the whole country in two years.

From Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection by Landor, Walter Savage