However, a descendant of the old ruling family of the Toba succeeded, with the aid of related families, inregaining power and forming a small new kingdom.
In awakening from her lethargic sleep, before even regaining full consciousness, in turning upon her side and raising herself on her elbow, she had extinguished three of the candles which burned near the bed.
For a moment he seemed bewildered, but regaining his usual smirking expression of countenance, he jauntily approached the old woman and said: "Aha!
When Naravahanadatta had heard this nectarous utterance of the mighty hermit Pisangajata, he conceived in his heart the hope of regaining Madanamanchuka.
Then Bali said, "Sunitha became Chandraprabha on the earth, and now is restored to life for us by regaining his body.
When the goddess Ganga had said this, and given him the charm, she disappeared from his eyes, and he gave up the idea of suicide, now that he had got a hope of regaining his friend and of other successes.
Thus the fortunate are reunited in the most unexpected manner, and so you may be certain, Kesata, of regaining your beloved soon in the same way.
Then she embraced with gushing tears the son, whom she once more held in her arms after so long an interval, and again praised her husband Maya, who was the cause of her regaining him.
Ten minutes must have been spent in this apparently unprofitable employment when he suddenly straightened himself, and, regaining the firmer ground, made his way slowly back to the gay gathering under the trees.
The little old lady, who was rapidly regaining her temper, cast a grateful glance at the speaker.
According to the testimony of his minister, Viscount Chateaubriand, he was entering into a secret treaty with Russia to aid the czar in his designs upon Turkey, and, in return, Russia was to aid France in regaining her lost Rhenish provinces.
With his death, all hopes of regaining the kingdom from the power of the Danes seems, for a time, to have departed, and Canute was allowed to sit down upon the Saxon throne without opposition.
He had neither territory, nor for a time the hope of regaining any.
The first shock of the injury had produced insensibility; but we had hardly got the sufferer on the bed, and applied a little water to his lips, ere he revived; soon regaining his consciousness, as well as the power to speak.
On the contrary, seemingly satisfied that nothing was to be done, and disdaining a parade of service where no service was to be effected, they slowly retired from the meadows, regaining the cliffs by means known to themselves.
He turned quickly and re-entered the house softly, regaining the bedroom without attracting attention.
In consequence, it would be a very easy matter for him to climb out whenever he chose to do so; but above all things he was desirous of regaining his torch.
Still, even that would be possible, he said, without implying anything more than that he had encountered unexpected difficulties in regaining his horse.
In a short time, however, somewhat regaining my confidence and remembering Larry, I turned to my uncle and begged that, according to his promise, he would introduce him.
We have not yet reached Guadaloupe, and I don't despair of regaining my liberty, though I conclude you'll not consider yourself justified in letting me leave the brig?
For some days Euphra seemed to be gradually regaining her health and composure of mind.
But now that she knew the relation that had existed between Margaret and him, she shrunk from doing anything that might seem to Margaret to give Euphra an opportunity of regaining his preference.
Then Madame de Lescombat was probably as deeply interested as her rivals inregaining possession of her correspondence.
That would be very imprudent; for Mademoiselle Pornic, in self-defence, might declare that you also had written to Pierre, and that you were even more interested than she was in regaining possession of your correspondence.
I shall tell him the whole truth, and though he may blame me, the worst consequences will fall upon the persons who were so deeply interested in regaining possession of their letters.
And after having lived there undiscovered for a year, and having wreaked our revenge on that wicked wight, Suyodhana, with his followers, we shall easily root out that meanest of men, slaying him and regaining our kingdom.
My cousin must pay the penalty for thus losing his temper and destroying all our chances of regaining the horses, for in order to save Uncle 'Rasmus, as well as ourselves, we must leave him here to fight his battles with the Tory.
In Italy, the consul Marcellus, after regaining Salapia, which was betrayed into his hands, took Maronea and Meles from the Samnites by force.
But even the prospect of regaining the province torn away by the great Frederick moved him not.
He therefore calmed the Court of Vienna by promising that he would discourage any rising in Austrian Poland, and he held forth the prospect of regaining Silesia.
In fact, she was regaining her prestige, and might hope to impose her will on the combatants at the forthcoming European Congress at Prague.
For a brief space Buonaparte clung to the hope of regaining Corsica for the Republic, but now only by the aid of French troops.
Austria is to be asked to join the present league, regaining Tyrol and the Mincio frontier.
She was intensely exasperated, and on regaining her chamber she said to herself, for the tenth time, "What do they take me for?
Regaining his self-control by a powerful effort, he preceded Madame de Fondege through the magnificent apartments of the mansion, lightly saying: "My wife is in her boudoir.
Another point that would have dispelled any suspicions on the marquis's part was that he had found the baron greatly agitated on arriving, and that he now seemed to be gradually regaining his composure.
He was at the moment dissatisfied, and out of Cromwell's favour, but lost no time in regaining it.
Murphy smiled as he wrapped a wet towel round his throbbing head, for he had already decided upon his plan of campaign for regaining command of his ship, a coup for which he required no weapon more formidable than his native intelligence.
Regaining liberty, he renewed the war against Brazil, and took Porto Allegro.
My journey had been for naught; my clothes were covered with a white powder which all my resources failed to remove; and the task of regaining the street unobserved and unsuspected remained to be accomplished.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "regaining" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
