Compensated

Examples

• His loss was a severe one to Lee, and compensated in a great measure for the mishap, or misapprehensions, which had fallen to our lot during the day. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• My brothers were considerably younger than myself; but I had a friend in one of my schoolfellows, who compensated for this deficiency. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• The damage to the enemy in this expedition more than compensated for the losses we sustained. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• From his mother he had received only a slight mulatto tinge, amply compensated by its accompanying rich, dark eye. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• The smallness of the probability is compensated by the greatness of the evil; and the sensation is equally lively, as if the evil were more probable. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• His industry and independence of character were such, that I imagine his labor compensated fully for the expense of his maintenance. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• When these drops or particles become large enough, they fall to the earth as rain or snow, and in this way the earth is compensated for the great loss of moisture due to evaporation. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• Surely your medical experience would tell you, Watson, that weakness in one limb is often compensated for by exceptional strength in the others. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• They always compensated them for their labor, and always gave them goods of uniform quality and at uniform price. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Our loss of supplies was great at Holly Springs, but it was more than compensated for by those taken from the country and by the lesson taught. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The winter, however, was spent cheerfully; and although the spring was uncommonly late, when it came, its beauty compensated for its dilatoriness. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Chronometers were invented, distinguished from watches and clocks, by means by which the fluctuation of the parts caused by the variations in temperature are obviated or compensated. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• I have compensated myself for that disappointment by coming here since and being of some small use to her. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• This vagueness must be compensated for by some a priori formula. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.

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