Example Sentences

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She had gone as far as she could, and thought that Nancy was repulsing her.

From The Honour of the Clintons by Marshall, Archibald

But the storm was not ended; for while Vishnyevetski was repulsing the attacks directed against the right wing of the camp, Burlai on the left barely missed becoming master of the ramparts.

From With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk