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Example sentences for "restore the"

  • If the sansculottes attempted to restore the days of the Terror, the National Guards of Paris were ready to sweep them back into the slums.

  • The ideal legislator will curtail wealth so as to restore the wealthy to their true nature--and so forth.

  • Bonaparte promised in general terms to restore the King of Sardinia to his former realm and the Pope to his States.

  • George the First knew nothing, and desired to know nothing; did nothing, and desired to do nothing: and the only good thing that is told of him is, that he wished to restore the crown to its hereditary successor.

  • Is it by such reproaches that you expect to restore the lustre of the throne?

  • Rejoicing in this sentiment, which seemed to restore the beauty of former days, Josephine stretched out her arms toward the child.

  • I believe your majesty cannot deny that the Bourbons have a well-founded right to Spain, and that the Spaniards now, by the blood shed in their heroic struggle, have established their right to restore the throne to their legitimate rulers.

  • He hurried to find the family of that civil servant in order to restore the daughter to her mother and go to save someone else.

  • Lyons, in this letter, correctly stated the rising determination of the North to restore the Union, but underestimated the rapid growth of an equal determination against a restoration with slavery.

  • With this the more modern ritual of witchcraft corresponded.

  • Come, monsieur, you would be nicely caught if, at your age and with your dilapidated old body, your Blessed Virgin should be pleased to restore the use of your legs to you.

  • I became acquainted with the Viscount," continued Pierre, "at the residence of his Eminence Cardinal Bergerot, another great heart whose ardent charity ought to suffice to restore the faith in France.

  • Had he not come there to prostrate himself and implore the Virgin to restore the faith of his childhood?

  • They pleaded that it was impossible to restore the Rump, inasmuch as there were not survivors enough from that body to make a House.

  • Almost the first thing done by the House was to restore the privileges of the City of London, release the imprisoned Common Council men and citizens, and issue orders for the repair of the broken gates and portcullises.

  • Would he march into England to restore the Rump, as he had threatened; or would he yet be pacified and induced to accept the Wallingford-House order of things, with a competent share in the power?

  • But these transient persecutions served only to revive the zeal and to restore the discipline of the faithful; and the moments of extraordinary rigor were compensated by much longer intervals of peace and security.

  • As soon as another revolution seemed to restore the fortune of Paganism, the church of St. Babylas was demolished, and new buildings were added to the mouldering edifice which had been raised by the piety of Syrian kings.

  • The severe condemnation of the murder of Gabinius, was the only measure which could restore the confidence of the Germans, and vindicate the honor of the Roman name.

  • In order to restore the balance, the individual must emancipate himself at a considerable sacrifice and by somewhat forcible means; and to a certain extent he must continue those sacrifices throughout the whole of his career.

  • In this way it irretrievably lost public support, and not even the miserable failure of Jefferson's policy of embargo could persuade the American people to restore the Federalists to power.

  • So desperate had been my struggles, however, that it took a good night's rest completely to restore the tone of my nerves and all my strength.

  • Drewett's wet clothes were immediately removed, blankets were warmed at the galley, and the most judicious means were resorted to, in order to restore the circulation.

  • If nothing were necessary but to restore the machinery of government in the States lately in rebellion in point of form, the movements made to that end by the people of the south might be considered satisfactory.

  • The general government, earnestly desiring to restore the State to its former position, has appointed a provisional governor, with power to call a convention for the accomplishment of that purpose.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "restore the" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    among world; answered simply; didna think; eighteen years; free will; good bearer; good joke; having become; humble address; large herds; leaves more; magnifying glass; might become; mother went; passenger traffic; plus grande; polite society; proper names; rain upon; rather stout; restore order; restore peace; restore the; restore them; working away