Don Sancho de Penaflor was a charming cavalier, gay, merry, enjoying life andrepulsing with the egotism of his age and rank, every grief and even every annoyance.
Don Sancho had rushed toward his sister and, roughly repulsing the Count, raised her in his arms.
At length Assur-ris-ilim succeeded in repulsing Nebuchadnezzar, and took from him 40 (50) chariots of war with a banner.
Hence the truth is that the combined forces of the Syrians succeeded in repulsing the attack of the Assyrians.
Discussing the situation with my officers, it was decided that if the enemy attacked us the following day and we succeeded in repulsing him, we should be prepared to act offensively.
Fuller fought manfully, responding to the fire of the enemy's boats with his twenty-fours, and repulsing the riflemen on either bank with his field piece.
Several times in the afternoon the enemy appeared to be forming for an assault; and after my men had become steady, I hoped an attack would be made, feeling confident ofrepulsing it.
Each man fancies that the little party he is with bears the whole brunt of the work, and does all the duty of repulsing the enemy; and any one who takes his narrative from such sources will be sure to fall into innumerable errors.
This class would have nothing to do with any law upon the subject--equally repulsing congressional legislation, squatter sovereignty, or territorial law.
On the Aisne front the French were successful in repulsing German assaults and carried out daring attacks on enemy trenches in the Champagne and Argonne.
This you can only learn, sir, by granting a hearing to Herr von Sorr, not by repulsing him in a manner that cannot but be offensive to a gentleman who comes hither at the request of your eldest son.
Can you deny that he is a perfect misanthrope, refusing to mingle in any society, and repulsing discourteously every advance made to him?
While this fierce battle was raging on the left of the "Crater," other parts of the line to the right were hotly engaged, but the Confederates succeeded in repulsing every effort.
After repulsing the Federals, Grimes' division followed the balance of the army, as rear guard, for the day.
The 1st Corps was indeed hard pressed, but was gallantly repulsing all attacks.
The defenders had just succeeded in repulsing the last of these attacks, when some soldiers ran by shouting "All is lost, the Spaniards have entered the town at three points!
The troops were merely to hold their ground, no general counterstroke was intended, and the divisional commanders were to confine themselves to repulsing the attack.
Whilst great credit is due to other parts of our gallant army, God made my brigade more instrumental than any other in repulsing the main attack.
After repulsing the enemy at Manassas, let the troops that marched on Romney return to the Valley, and move rapidly westward to the waters of the Monongahela and Little Kanawha.
Hampton's guns on the right had opened too--and until night, we held the heights, repulsing every advance of the enemy.
This corporation had lost so much ground in the public estimation, by repulsing the investigation attempted by the House of Representatives, that it became necessary to retrieve the loss by some report in its favor.
When those of our party who were foremost reached the top of the hill they found that affairs had assumed a different aspect from repulsing a handful of stray rebels.
In the meantime Cossario had completely rallied his division and had succeeded in repulsing the battalions that were opposed to him.
What joy and love must have animated Luther's heart at seeing himself so graciously received by his Master at an hour when men were repulsing him!
I do not know you, my lady,” said Lucas, quickly repulsing her with his right hand.
Major Cowper's wife lay all day in a deck chair, alternately drawing to her and repulsing the whining little girl.
His trembling hands seemed as though desirous ofrepulsing a frightful vision.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "repulsing" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
