drag down
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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His hidden hands Drag down the drowned and tossing wrecks that drive Before the fury of the Northern gales, And mute, inscrutable as destiny, He keeps his sombre secrets as of yore.
From The Poets and Poetry of Cecil County, Maryland by Various
Were it not preferable to return, And meeting them in fight unswervable, Drag down the earth, ourselves, and these our foes, One sacrifice unto the gods of Chaos?
From The Star-Treader and other poems by Smith, Clark Ashton
Let but one echo sound and the wild flowers Will break thro' these grey walls and the green sprays Drag down these deadly towers.
From Collected Poems Volume Two by Noyes, Alfred
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