Providing for favorites, and feeding out of the public crib, is the only work of those whose brief reign is drawing to a close, and who have been already compelled by public sentiment to undo a part of their work.
To undo public sentiment in favor of Mr. Van Buren was their labor; to get unpledged and uninstructed delegates into convention, and to get those released who had been appointed under instructions, was the consummation of their policy.
Thus a most iniquitous act got into operation, by the open joining of measures which could not pass alone; and by the weak calculation of some members of the House, who expected to undo a bad vote before it worked its mischief.
But there are many laws, the effects of which do not cease with their repeal or expiration, and which require some additional act on our part to arrest or undo them.
But the end could not efface the past; could not undo the captures which had been made; could not obscure the glory which had been acquired; cannot impair the lesson which its results impress on the minds of statesmen.
Mrs. Marshman suggested unfastening her clothing, but after Miss Stelway had stolen a hand under her bodice, she withdrew it hopelessly, as if there was rather too much to undo and cut.
He tried feebly to undo the knots; he did not succeed.
You have tied them too tightly,” he said to the Teuton, “and my hands are frozen with the cold; I cannot undo them.
I am a miserable dog this day through my disobedience; and yet, would I now undo the past if I could?
He had never left Himself without witness, and now He had come, not to undo the past, but to fulfil and perfect it.
Nay, spare yourself the trouble and guilt of falsehood or equivocation, and, I say, undo me that spring presently.
Sir Henry Lee, undo me the secret spring of yonder picture of your ancestor.
Alice to her brother; "undo the gate, for God's sake.
In many tales of the sort a single kiss suffices to undo the spell and reverse the transformation; in others, as in the ballad, three are required.
He is presently forced to undo this melancholy transformation of the fairy, as we shall see.
We cannot undo great wrongs, but it is our duty to make life a little less tragic for the victims, if we can.
Emory assured her that she was magnificent, and Betty felt so proud of herself that she had no desire to undo the accident.
And before he could utter a syllable she was across the room, standing by the little spinster who was going to play, and helping her to undo a clashing bracelet of malachite and silver which hung on her bony wrist.
The moment that her husband's grave was closed Theodora set to work to undo his policy.
He was a devoted servant and admirer of monks, and began to undo the work of his father-in-law, and remove all Iconoclasts from office.
Faith returns to her drooping hearts, to undo heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free.
One fatal step, one unguarded word may undo a lifetime of hallowed influence.
Nothing could undo that; for day by day earth and sun and wind came to rub it in deeper, and water could not wash it off.
And this old man who had not in his veins the vital force to procreate a child, found in this moment of fury more vigour than was necessary to undo a man.
Cursing their luck, one of them wished to go and undo his waistcoat, on account of a colic, the other to fetch a doctor to the third, who did his best to faint.
Put yourself in the clothes chest, for I have been much abused respecting you; and if my husband finds you, he may undo you; he is so violent in his temper.
She charged and commanded me that I should tell you that you must undo that which you have done, or, if you do not, I am never to go back to her.
And soon after his departure the girl's mother perceived the condition of her daughter, and the girl confessed in what state she was; so her mother sent her to the Picardian to tell him that he must undo that which he had done.
But granting that she were to let things go back, she couldn't undo some of the improvements she had made?
So now the trick is done,' said Volnay, 'and you can't undo it.
There are others who are almost persuaded; if we abandon them now we shall undo all our labor.
Her maid removed her cloak and helped her undo her dress.
One urchin tried toundo the straps of my suit case but a threatening blow with my stick made him desist and seek shelter behind one of the grownup half-breeds.
Manuel Franco, a native, and it was likely that he would undo everything that Schaerer did, in which case our franchise would not amount to a picayune.
Brother, disguise must off; In thine own shape now I'll prefer thee to him: How strangely does himself work to undo him!
Methinks this mouth should make a swearer tremble; A drunkard clasp his teeth, and not undo 'em, To suffer wet damnation to run through 'em.
He also did some more tying of knots and shifting of buckles, roped the chair to a stanchion, and made sure that Reblong could not undo himself.
They are planning," he told the nine, "to undo all that our civilization has accomplished.
Some long-headed busybody might stumble on our secret and undo us.
Then assume him to be the same, and ask yourself this question: Seeing what he did for love of her, and granting he loves her still, has he come back to undo what he did?
Serjeant Wrangle was heard to tumble out of bed in a lump, and undo the bolt of the door.
Presently, back he comes, saying it was the wrong key and wouldn't undo the door.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "undo" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
