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Example sentences for "proof against"

  • SHELL'PROOF, proof against, or able to resist, shells or bombs.

  • But they neither did nor could allege any instance or proof against him, and he solemnly protested, upon the salvation of his soul, that he had never known of the treason in the least degree.

  • Prince Ember has no magic that will be proof against me, and so far as anything that the Elf can do for him goes, I scorn it.

  • This only I can tell you, he is in the home of the Elf of the Borderland at this moment, there to obtain, perhaps, some gift, or some instruction which will make him proof against us.

  • He knew not the power of the Wizard’s wand, nor whether his own magic would surely be proof against it.

  • About the 25, he was brought before the justiciary; but as there was no proof against him, they with consent of the advocate protracted the affair, and he was again remanded to prison.

  • How much need have we then of the Christian armour that made them proof against Satan, his emissaries, and every trial and tribulation they were subjected unto?

  • By my favour thou shalt become invincible by thy enemies, and, as thou shalt be proof against cut or thrust, thou shalt slay all thy foes.

  • He practised asceticism as a drinker of smoke for ten thousand years, and obtained as a favour from Brahma, that he should be proof against iron, stone, and wood.

  • But in spite of their ridicule he remains there with heart of adamant, proof against shame.

  • Defn: To render (wood) proof against decay by saturating with a solution of corrosive sublimate in open tanks, or under pressure.

  • Defn: Proof against penetration or permeation by water; impervious to water; as, a waterproof garment; a waterproof roof.

  • Firm or successful in resisting; as, proof against harm; waterproof; bombproof.

  • To render (wood) proof against decay by saturating with a solution of corrosive sublimate in open tanks, or under pressure.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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