Thus, after bringing over the towns and knowing who would be their allies in the war, they might at length attack Syracuse and Selinus; unless the latter came to terms with Egesta and the former ceased to oppose the restoration of Leontini.
There is really nothing to oppose the progress of the enemy northward, but the cautious principles of the military art.
They determined to oppose the bill in every stage in which it should be brought forward, and, what was extraordinary, even the principle of it.
He should not be afraid to oppose the authorities of Lord Rodney, and others, against any, however respectable, in favour of the abolition.
Orders have been sent to all the Arab tribes to hasten to oppose the march of the enemy, and from all parts they are riding hither.
The sand-hills rise sharply from the water's edge, and a short distance behind there are several points on which the French would probably place batteries to oppose the landing.
He then pointed out the necessity of immediately abandoning the house, as it would be impossible to oppose the troopers.
As for obtaining assistance to oppose the troopers, that he knew to be impossible.
We place a school in 150 opposition to a school when weoppose the school of Diogenes to that of Aristippus, or that of the Laconians to that of the Italians.
He turned his eyes towards Spain, and resolved to bring the army from that country to oppose the Allies, whose movements indicated their intention of entering France by Switzerland.
Cabinet of Berlin, it must be granted, was not in a situation to oppose the desire of the French Government, whose wishes were commands.
To oppose the acts of union appeared to Cambon an overt act of treason.
They urge their French peace in order to make a junction with the Jacobins to oppose the powers, whom, in their language, they call despots, and their leagues, a combination of despots.
In order to remove this doubt, the ministry resolved to surprise the kingdom with a new election, before the malcontents should be prepared to oppose the friends of the government.
The queen refusing to honour him with that mark of distinction, Argyle would not suffer himself to be named, and threatened to oppose the union, but means were found to appease his resentment.
In the mind of Brant there now dawned the grand scheme of forming a confederacy of all the northwestern tribes to oppose the advance of the American settlements.
Along their courses two Indian confederacies were organized under the spur of British influence, to oppose the advance of the infant republic of the United States.
Pricked on by Elliott, the Girtys and McKee, the chiefs at Kekionga were threatening the Potawatomi and the tribes of the lower Wabash with the destruction of their villages, if they failed to oppose the advances of the Americans.
Every man was a soldier, and at the first alarm the inhabitants of the villages abandoned their houses, buried their grain, and having driven away their cattle into almost inaccessible recesses among the hills, returned to oppose the invaders.
Servilius was appointed to the command of the Roman fleet, and ordered to oppose the Carthaginians at sea.
They said that they had heard of the fate which had befallen those who ventured to oppose the Carthaginians, and that they were anxious to avoid such misfortunes.
Hanno and his friends have determined to oppose the appointment of Hannibal to the army in Spain.
The King was afterwards personally on tolerably good terms with Stigand, the Archbishop of Canterbury, but was not inclined on his account to oppose the Church.
And to oppose the French, at the point where they might be dangerous, a ready means presented itself; England had but to form an alliance with those who opposed the French interests in Scotland.
The duke could not have ventured to oppose the progress of the Reformation.
In the year 1297 the spiritual lords under their archbishop, as well as the temporal ones (who denied the obligation to serve beyond the sea) under the Constable and Marshal, set themselves energetically to oppose the King.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "oppose the" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
