Example Sentences

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“The planned office tower will despoil vistas protected for decades,” Mr. Schneiderman said in the amicus brief, submitted to the New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division.

From New York Times • Apr. 7, 2014

IZDUBHAR: But if the Assyrians come, we shall all perish; they will despoil us all.

From The House of Rimmon A Drama in Four Acts by Van Dyke, Henry

After the enclosure they will despoil a boggy place that is famous for orchises at Royce Wood end.

From Life and Remains of John Clare "The Northamptonshire Peasant Poet" by Cherry, J. L.

Advance; and I will despoil myself still further for thy advantage.

From The Last Man by Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft

It will take the color out of the cheek of your wife, it will despoil the husband of pluck and energy and hope.

From What a Young Husband Ought to Know by Stall, Sylvanus