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Example sentences for "dismember"

Lexicographically close words:
dismantling; dismasted; dismay; dismayed; dismaying; dismembered; dismembering; dismemberment; dismiss; dismissal
  1. And now we find them, in further contempt of the modes of honorable warfare, supplying the place of a conquering force, by attempts to disorganize our political society, to dismember our confederated Republic.

  2. In relation to the second object of inquiry, to wit: the connection of General Wilkinson with the agents of Spain in a project to dismember the United States, refer to the [Here follows a list of 11 papers.

  3. An emissary of great talents had been employed by the British in a nefarious scheme to dismember the United States, and to engender treason in the very bosom of our country: and yet, Mr. G.

  4. I am with both: each army hath a hand; And in their rage, I having hold of both, They whirl asunder and dismember me.

  5. O, that we then could come by Caesar's spirit, And not dismember Caesar!

  6. But a large majority of the States refused to concede a power to dismember a State, without its consent, by taking away even its claims to jurisdiction.

  7. Neither did they altogether fail of their purpose, for some they did rend and dismember from us; but none but those, of whom now they begin to be ashamed.

  8. He has often a collection himself, which he eyes complacently of an evening as he smokes his pipe over his brandy-and-water, but to which he is not so distractedly devoted but that a pecuniary consideration will tempt him to dismember it.

  9. From the number of troops that continue to pass it would seem as if the Allies did not mean to content themselves with the abdication of Napoleon, but will endeavour to dismember France.

  10. He said, that he would rather live and die a prisoner than agree to dismember his kingdom; and that even were he so base as to submit to such conditions, his subjects would never permit him to carry them into execution.

  11. By some signal calamity alone, which annihilated the power of France, could he hope to acquire the dominion of considerable provinces, or dismember that great monarchy, so affectionate to its own government and its own sovereigns.

  12. JOHN HENRY'S plot to dismember the Union disclosed to congress.

  13. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing Government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it or their revolutionary right to dismember or overthrow it.

  14. And now we find them, in further contempt of the modes of honorable warfare, supplying the place of a conquering force by attempts to disorganize our political society, to dismember our confederated Republic.

  15. He that woundeth or dismembereth your own bodies, shall scarce be taken for your friend; and are you Christ's friends, when you dismember or wound his body?

  16. Cut off a nose, or pluck out an eye, or dismember either a man or a picture, and see whether you have not deformed it.

  17. A statesman might well have predicted that all Europe would dismember and suppress the Papacy and adopt a system of national churches.

  18. We might recast the whole map of Europe, we might dismember the German Empire, we might dismember the Austrian Empire, we might dismember the Turkish Empire, and yet entirely fail to achieve the objects for which we entered the war.

  19. Several of the feudatories of the knights sent in their submission to the King of Poland, who began at once to dismember the dominions of the order and to assign portions to his followers.

  20. But David, though now implicated in the rebellion beyond hope of pardon, had fought under the English banner against his countrymen, with the wish to dismember the principality.

  21. She acted most cautiously, and in order to carry out her plans peacefully she sought to dismember Turkey gradually and weaken her in order to finally rule over her.

  22. Thus Russia, who owing to the perturbed state of Europe was preparing to dismember Poland, was compelled to give up her dream of restoring the Byzantine Empire.

  23. They will not consent to go to war in order to safeguard the interests of a few international financiers, who want to dismember Turkey-in-Asia.

  24. Sebastian, Judge, in pay of Spaniards; ally of Wilkinson; conspires to dismember the Union; corrupt.

  25. In other words, Wilkinson, Sebastian, and their intimate associates on the one hand, and the Spanish officials on the other, entered into a corrupt conspiracy to dismember the Union.

  26. In the interest of slavery they have attempted to overthrow the National Government and to dismember the national domain; let slavery be overthrown to maintain the Government and to preserve the integrity of the nation.


  27. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "dismember" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    butcher; cripple; denude; detach; dismantle; dismember; dismount; flay; grill; impale; lacerate; maim; mangle; mutilate; peel; picket; rack; shred; skin; strip; torture