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Example sentences for "repossess"

Lexicographically close words:
reposited; reposition; repositories; repository; reposo; repossessed; repot; repotted; repotting; repousse
  1. Don't ask me," said Randal, stung into rare honesty; for I had hoped I might live to repossess myself of that property.

  2. Ay; for if Edward repossess the crown, 'T is like that Richmond with the rest shall down.

  3. Bishop, farewell; shield thee from Warwick's frown, And pray that I may repossess the crown.

  4. While England was thus agitated an event took place which compromised the peace of Europe; this was the return of Napoleon from his insular kingdom to repossess himself of his old French empire.

  5. It was hoped also that the Spaniards might advance from the Pyrenees, and that the King of Sardinia might repossess himself of Savoy, and once more open the road to Lyons.

  6. Some said that the council were bringing in large bodies of soldiers; some that the nobles were arming their attendants, and intended to repossess themselves of the gates.

  7. The declaration of the Congress of Vienna, of the 13th March, reached Paris on the same day he arrived there, which must have convinced him he would not be allowed quietly to repossess his throne.

  8. Perhaps I may repossess my house, if it be not burnt down; but how will my improvements look?

  9. If ever I repossess it, I shall receive it as a gift, as a reward for my conduct and fortitude.

  10. The next day, and the next, all these devils came again, seeking to repossess the children.

  11. Leave such force at Manassas Junction as shall make it entirely certain that the enemy shall no repossess himself of that position and line of communication.

  12. Having sold the book to me, he wished to repossess himself of it, and on my refusal, had, it seemed, put in motion a kind of conspiracy against me.

  13. Now the world knows you enjoy the favor of the Comte de Charolais; so get me an alliance with Burgundy against my imbecile brother of France, and Dame Jehane shall repossess her liberty.

  14. As he spoke she had but one thought, to repossess herself of the note.

  15. The enemy did not relish being deprived of the opportunity of getting water from this place, and on that day and the next made repeated effort to repossess it, but without avail.

  16. It now became necessary to repossess that position, and a Pennsylvania regiment composed of new troops were ordered to make the attempt.

  17. Ay, for if Edward repossess the crown, 'Tis like that Richmond with the rest shall down.

  18. Shield thee from Warwick's frown, And pray that I may repossess the crown.

  19. Her suit is now to repossess those lands; Which we in justice cannot well deny, Because in quarrel of the house of York The worthy gentleman did lose his life.

  20. Leave such force at Manassas Junction as shall make it entirely certain that the enemy shall not repossess himself of that position and line of communication.

  21. He has the same right to repossess his slave here as in his own State;" the same right to kill him if he attempts to escape!

  22. You are to look to the laws of his own State; for the Supreme Court says,[179] 'He has the same right to repossess his slave here as in his own State.

  23. It soon spread throughout Spain, and the Christian princes availed themselves of its disastrous effects to repossess themselves of the cities of {83} which they had been deprived during the supremacy of Almanzor.

  24. And Kent, exultantly hopeful a little while before, felt his heart grow heavy within him as he waited for the moment when he would begin the fight to repossess himself of the life and freed which he had lost.

  25. He was nervous, and Kent could see that he was fighting to repossess himself.


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