Reverses

Examples

• The news of these reverses caused a very great excitement in Germany and Austria, and the Tsar assumed a more arrogant attitude towards his ally. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The crusaders beleaguered Prague, but failed to take it, and they experienced a series of reverses that ended in their retreat from Bohemia. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• His fleets also took Algiers, and inflicted a number of reverses upon the Venetians. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• No; the great magician who majestically works out the appointed order of the Creator, never reverses his transformations. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• If the direction of flow of current be reversed, by reversing the battery, the electromagnetic polarity also reverses and the end of the permanent magnet swings over to the other side. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• A gentleman must expect reverses,' said Smangle. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Dr. Roebuck met with reverses and had to end the partnership agreement, and Watt had to borrow money from his old friend Professor Black to secure his patent. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The war, which about a year before the present time had broken out between Greece and Turkey, brought about many reverses of fortune. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.

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