Yet he'll profess no wrath to feel 'Gainst such a hapless wretch as I; No!
Dubious may be the Culprit's case, Though clear and open all his ways; What Life is proof 'gainst dire disgrace, If guileful hate his act pourtrays?
To-day I will be hospitable 'Gainst the unwelcome, 'Gainst destiny itself I will not be prickly.
The sun creeps 'gainst the hill And climbs and climbs And rests at every step.
Yet didst thou err, foul bird, albeit I, So like a mummy 'gainst my log lay leaning!
Tis such a fear, As I should conceive 'gainst an armed ravisher.
Antonio, I arrest thee Of capital treason 'gainst the king and realm.
What you allege about his battle 'gainst the Argives As an excuse, it is a proof against him.
But when Freedom's champions rally 'Gainst the despot's sway, Then they mourn the friend and ally That has passed away.
I have spoke thus much, To mitigate the justice of thy plea; Which if thou follow, this strict court of Venice Must needs give sentence 'gainst the merchant there.
Dear Princess, were not his requests so far From reason's yielding, your fair self should make A yielding 'gainst some reason in my breast, And go well satisfied to France again.
Thus dost thou hear the Nemean lion roar 'Gainst thee, thou lamb, that standest as his prey; Submissive fall his princely feet before, And he from forage will incline to play.
Did not the heavenly rhetoric of thine eye, 'Gainst whom the world cannot hold argument, Persuade my heart to this false perjury?
Beside, I have another oth gainst yours, Of more authority, I am sure more love, Not made in passion neither, but good heede.
What ignorant and mad malicious Traitors, Are you, That gainstthe tenor of my Lawes Are making Battaile, thus like Knights appointed, Without my leave, and Officers of Armes?
Tis nearly four months since; and not one of them has left the lands of Grimsby and every one would fight for me 'gainst any man on earth.
And, an instant later, how my heart sank when I heard once more the clang of iron 'gainst the tower stones and realized that Cedric had failed a second time to strike his mark at fifty paces.
Or mayhap thou wilt send yonder leather-coated varlet to act as thy champion 'gainst one of my kitchen knaves.
Can angry frowns rest on thy noble brow For trivial things; Or, can a stream of muddy water flow From the Muses' springs; Or great Apollo bend his vengeful bow 'Gainst popular stings?
There is one greater yet, Your high commission 'gainst the Huguenots; I and my family shall shortly wait you, And 'twill be glorious work.
He went not with the bold Buccleuch, His banner broad to rear; He went not 'gainst the English yew, To lift the Scottish spear.
To Art we go as to a well, athirst, And see our shadow 'gainst its mimic skies, But in its depth must plunge and be immersed To clasp the naiad Truth where low she lies.
Major Charles say he'd die in Sunnyside yard fore he'd go there (Georgetown) and take off his hat and 'swear gainst my swear.
And as one can readily see from her testimony, her chief cause for her pardonable snobbery seems to be that her Massa was the last man to surrender and "swear gainst his swear.
Who longs to reach the radiant plain Must onward urge his course amain; For doubly swift the shadow flies, When 'gainst the gale the pilgrim plies.
I made a boat for the little chap, 'gainst he came again, and a fishin' line, and a reed pipe.
By this time the rogues have learned what fifteen thousand butchers and bakers and candlestick-makers can do 'gainst thirty thousand veterans.
Don't make outcry 'gainst your star when it has sent ye a lover in the nick of time, ready to save ye from the bumpkin.
Hast not had word that Jersey has enacted a general act of forfeiture and escheatage 'gainst all Royalists?
Gainst this cheating I'd not parry Nor amid such false speech tarry, But from her lordship will be gone.
You who commit no offences 'Gainst constancy; have not quested; Assent not!
Yea, it were juster To call him mad, who 'gainst his joy engages.
He reads the sonnet] 'Did not the heavenly rhetoric of thine eye, 'Gainst whom the world cannot hold argument, Persuade my heart to this false perjury?
Consider what you first did swear unto: To fast, to study, and to see no woman- Flat treason 'gainst the kingly state of youth.
I have spoke thus much To mitigate the justice of thy plea, Which if thou follow, this strict court of Venice Must needs give sentence 'gainst the merchant there.
Let his deservings, and my love withal, Be valued 'gainst your wife's commandment.
I told her gently 'twas 'gainst the rules of our order for Sister to be in Zion or Brother in Kedar.
Thou must not disrespect me by making my woman's heart struggle 'gainst my vows of celibacy.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "gainst" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
