Whatever may have been thedemerits of that system, it sufficed to maintain the navy in the time of its greatest achievements, and through all the wars which were waged with the Spaniards, the Dutch and the French.
The merits and demerits of this system will appear during the description of the characters of the members of the several subdivisions.
I have refrained from entering into the merits or demerits of slavery.
First of all, before referring to the merits or demerits of these propositions, I wish to be informed distinctly upon one point.
The merits or demerits of British policy must always remain a matter of controversy.
That was why you put me in line for demeritsand punishment tour walking.
And now I'm in for demerits before the academic year starts.
I sought its inspiration, and referred my merits and demeritsto its judicial verdict.
The demeritsof the play, however, could not wholly overcloud the splendor of her unique personality, which at moments electrified the audience.
Reference has already been made, in comments upon letters comprised in previous sections, to this Declaration, the demerits and history of which are more fully dealt with in section 10, infra, pp.
I meant to convey that no further discussion of the merits or demerits of the Declaration was required.
No estimate of the merits and demerits of The Book Annexed can be a just one that leaves out of account the limitations under which the framers of it did their work.
Probably there are words in The Book Annexed which such a canon would eject; but let us have them pointed out, and their merits and demerits discussed.
Besides, if things go well, Opinion, that so sticks on Marcius, shall Of his demerits rob Cominius.
Annie, you and Mary had better skidoo out of this room or you'll get so many demerits you won't be out of bounds to go home in June.
We had worked off all of our demerits and were in good standing with the faculty.
But we were going home, and threatened demerits after the holidays had no more effect on our spirits than a sermon on hell fire would have had on the ardour of a new-born babe.
We worked off thedemerits against us, and by being both good and careful we got no more to sadden our days.
We had gone home knowing that demerits were going to have to be worked off after the holidays, but as I have said before, it had had no more effect on our spirits than a threat of hell fire would have on a new-born babe.
Dearest Zebedee: It gets worse and worse--We've had a whole month of it now and my demerits are much more numerous than my merits.
What justice is there in putting on one sinless head the demerits of a world of reprobates, and then letting the criminal go free because the innocent has suffered?
It is not our business here to examine into the merits and demerits of Morris as a translator; but if it were, this is what we should say on his behalf.
For each demerit he lost standing, and demerits depended not on his conduct, but on the feelings of the guards.
He gave him demerits for all sorts of things, and it was not long before Archie realized that he had already lost all his good time and would have to serve out the whole year.
My colleagues opened themselves, and made many observations concerning the conduct, crimes, and demerits of those people.
With all the demerits Darrin will get, he'll have no heart for greasing the rest of this year.
Pennington was to have ordinary shore leave on the cruise, his fifty demerits to be paid for by loss of privileges on his return to the Naval Academy.
Midshipman Pennington was chuckling deeply over the supposed fact that he had at last succeeded in bringing Darrin in for as many demerits as Darrin had helped heap upon him.
Let every man read and judge for himself, not only of the merits and demerits of the Work, but of the matters therein contained, which relate to his own interest and happiness.
The world has still the opportunity of deciding upon the merits or demerits of those works.
She even figured herself to be the mother of the Church, weighing and estimating the merits or demerits of ecclesiastical officials, not less than those of the female heads of convents.
When an employee has received a certain number of demerits he is dismissed from the service.
On some railroads, a graded system of demerits is used.
And goes on, "I wish to say nothing of the merits or demerits of individuals, such arguments always do hurt.
I wish to say nothing of the merits or demerits of individuals; such arguments always do hurt.
I am working hard to get through the academic requirements, sir, and I don't intend to pass the mental ordeals here and then find that I can't keep on as a midshipman just because I have too many demerits against me.
We of the football squad wish that we might be permitted to divide your demerits up among ourselves.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "demerits" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
