Detracted
[dɪ'træktid]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Detract
Typed by Lillian
Examples
- It had given them a child; but it had not detracted from the personal attractions of my sister. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I assure you that it has not detracted in the tiniest iota from your appearance. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The condenser stood in a large cold-water cistern, and the weight of the masonry and the cistern greatly detracted from the boat’s buoyancy. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- But this detracted little from its interest, which lay in the excellent fuel it provided for newly kindled fervour. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
Typed by Lillian