The Maroccan rejoined," Hearkening and obedience, O my lady; I will not oppose thine order for that the commands of the children of the kings may not be gainsaid nor renounced.
Amongst men there are those who have turned away from Him and gainsaid His testimony, while others have quaffed the wine of assurance in the glory of His Name which pervadeth all created things.
Where is he to be found who contended with God, and whither is gone he that gainsaid His signs, and turned aside from His sovereignty?
And in many a ship o'er the water had he brought so fair a host Of ladies, that none gainsaid him who would make of their beauty boast.
Ask it, said she, and I will grant it if I may; I have gainsaid thee enough meseemeth.
But if forthwith he gainsay it, she shall not be bound by the promise: because her husband gainsaid it, and the Lord will be merciful to her.
But if her father, immediately as soon as he heard it, gainsaid it, both her vows and her oaths shall be void, neither shall she be bound to what she promised, because her father hath gainsaid it.
Then Erik rose up and gainsaid the project with contrary reasons.
And the Landgrave in naught gainsaid her, for belike did he bear a part In the fear for her guest's well-doing that lay dark on the maiden's heart.
He once gainsaid the talent of Louis Lambert, his Vendome school-mate.
He had adopted that system, while Minoret gainsaid the truth thereof.
The king Had not perchance gainsaid my better right -- Of if he hadgainsaid my reasoning, Who would have taken thee in my despite?
My friend, maybe thy kindred will be against it, and the kindred of the Bride; and it might be that my kindred would have gainsaid it if things were not as they are.
His face grew somewhat troubled as he said: 'I swore to wed the fairest woman in the world, though the Dalesmen gainsaid me, and they beyond the Dale.
The need for these conditions would not be gainsaid by the British and American governments if they recalled to mind the treatment which they had theretofore meted out to the Russian people.
It cannot be gainsaid that the two predominant partners behaved throughout as benevolent despots, to whom despotism came more easily than benevolence.
But it will not be gainsaid that neither he nor his colleagues punished the mass murderers or even protested against their crimes.
Some Arabs of the desert came with excuses, praying exemption; and they who had gainsaid God and His Apostle sat at home: a grievous punishment shall light on such of them as believe not.
This is the day of decision which ye gainsaid as an untruth.
The people of Noah gainsaid the Apostles, When their brother Noah said to them, "Will ye not fear God?
These men of Ad gainsaid the signs of their Lord, and rebelled against his messengers, and followed the bidding of every proud contumacious person.
But it cannot be gainsaid that the most formidable obstacle is that.
It cannot be gainsaid that the British authorities have spared neither money nor pains to alleviate the sufferings and heal the injuries of the wounded.
And the importance of this lever for political purposes can neither be gainsaid nor easily overstated.
Ellinger, in his study on Melanchthon, writes: “It can scarcely be gainsaid that Luther and Melanchthon allowed themselves in a moment of weakness to be influenced by the weight of these considerations.
Politics must always exercise a supreme influence on strategy; yet it cannot be gainsaid that interference with the commanders in the field is fraught with the gravest danger.
Politics must always exercise a supreme influence on strategy; yet it cannot be gainsaid that interference with the commander in the field is fraught with the gravest danger.
I have spoken with him of wedlock time after time and he still gainsaid me; so do thou, O Wazir, forthright advise me what to do.
Then he mounted on my breast, still holding the sword, and I feared lest he should slay me, if I gainsaid him, even as he had slain my eunuch; so he took his wicked will of me by force.
His reason gainsaid these stirrings, those instinctive urgings, but there was a stirring and it troubled him.
It cannot be gainsaid that, particularly at the outset, ethical motives were at work in him; that he like others felt the burden of the evil, was certainly no lie.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "gainsaid" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
