It may be of interest to glance at the means taken for repelling the invader should he make his appearance.
That the pact had never been designed to prevent nations from defending their soil against an invader was certain; thousands of voices urged that we keep the spirit of the treaty and disregard the letter.
The disappointed invader was obliged to turn before the gale, and renounce his project.
The invader now disposed his whole force so as to retreat at an instant's warning.
Our vast population will rise against the Germans, and before the tide of popular indignation and desperate resistance the power of the invader must soon be swept away.
It was a kindly thought, but in a way it was unwise; for the Afghans of Delhi, seeing their cause lost, kept alive their hatred of the northern invader by raising miserable Ibrahim to martyr rank, and making pilgrimages to his grave.
To show want of respect to one who has done so much for his family by repelling the foreign invader is not commendable.
Veric, the chief of the Cantii, went to Rome and invited the invader to aid him against his rivals at home, and not a man of the Iceni or the Brigantes marched to the aid of Caractacus and Togodamnus.
But they are active and sturdy, and, knowing their swamps as they do, could harass an invader terribly.
No wonder that Hood pointed to the devastation wrought by the invader to nerve his heroes for one more desperate struggle against immense odds for southern independence.
Through this pass invader after invader in age after age has poured his troops into the fertile plains of Hindostan.
But it is now a task for British brains and hands to see to it that no fresh invader swoops through the pass, and it is very strictly guarded.
India was in a state of division, and quite ready to welcome any capable invader who promised peace and order.
His perch was half way down the bush; his trim olive-drab back and shining golden breast were in their spring glory, and he stood nearly upright as he sang, every moment stretching up to look for the invader behind the leaves.
For a moment she seemed dazed; she stood motionless, staring at the invader as if uncertain whether he were alive.
So greatly did the result of the day of Poictiers affect the French mind, that no further attempt was made to meet the invader in a pitched battle during the continuance of the war.
Intrenched behind walls which the invaderhad no leisure to attack, the French allowed him to waste his strength in toilsome marches through a deserted country.
As no organized commissariat existed, the resources of even the richest districts were soon exhausted, and the invader moved off in search of subsistence, rather than for any higher aim.
In such cases it appears that recourse was had to divination, and the omens which were obtained decided whither the next effort of the invadershould be directed.
They must have suspected that the invader had changed his mind and would not venture across the Tigris.
The barbarianinvader found the effeminate, luxurious empire an easy prey.
Its steep side is towards the east, and the invader found before him heights which he could not climb, and round which he could not pass.
In their opinion Transylvania is strong enough to drive back every invader of her territories, but not strong enough to play theinvader herself.
The Khaibar Pass, that great gloomy defile in the mountain barrier, through which every invader of India except the European has had to fight his way, is jealously guarded by Afridis in the pay of Britain.
Whoever holds the Dukla Pass can turn all the passes to the east against an invader coming from either north or south.
As Mr. Masterson and his pony scrambled up the bank a flaw in the wind befell, and a horrifying whiff of the stealthy invader reached the old bellsharp.
He hated the invader not only because the invader had separated him from his family, because he was stealing and pillaging everything, but above all because the hated invader had violated our territory.
Let me fall, as a beauty should, face upward; and if it be but a swoon, and the invader be a handsome prince, see that he wakens me in his own good way.
When Finola was apparelled to set forth upon her quest, Pearla thought her the loveliest maiden upon the ridge of the world, and wondered whether she meant to conquer the invader by force of arms or by the power of beauty.
Beyond Hamath, and to the left, between the Orontes and the sea, lay the commercial kingdom of Alasia, protected from the invader by bleak mountains.
For an invader approaching from the east or north it formed his first station.
If the invader succeeded in overcoming resistance at this point, the country lay open to him as far as the Orontes; nay, often even to the Euphrates.
He greets the invader with a scornful--"Parli-vow Frenchi?
All this Marta regarded in a kind of charmed wonder that an invader could be so considerate.
I had come as an invader and I had won your confidence.
If our losses are heavy, if we have a setback, then the inspiration of the heroism of those who have fallen and the danger of their own homes feeling the foot of the invader next will impel the living to greater sacrifices.
Yes, more than ever he was convinced of the wisdom of an invader ringing door-bells.
It has made you the sport and plaything of the Powers, our independence is hourly threatened, ay, even before this year has passed away the cannon of the invader may be thundering against your walls.
The footstep of the invader is seduction--when it comes there will be lit such a fire of passionate hate from the Balkans to the northern frontier that only death or victory will quench.
The country was ravaged up to the very gates of its capital, the modern Van, and only the strong walls of the city kept the invader out of it.
Sin-idinnam seems to have been the legitimate prince of Larsa, who had been expelled from his dominions by the Elamite invader Eri-Aku or Arioch, and had taken refuge at the court of Khammurabi in Babylon.
Malachy was called; he prayed for the possessed; he commanded the invader and he went out.
When Melias died, the notables of the land elected their former enemy, bold Etzel, to be their king, and thus the robber chief and invader became the sovereign and protector of the country he had once laid waste.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "invader" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: assailant; enemy; intruder; outsider; raider
