1 She did not remonstrate, except again to repulse him quietly but firmly.
2 At this slight repulse the assailants instantly withdrew, and gradually the place became as still as before the sudden tumult.
3 The baffled Magua continued silent several minutes, apparently indifferent, however, to the repulse he had received in this his opening effort to regain possession of Cora.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 28 4 The sore joints of the regiment creaked as it painfully floundered into position to repulse.
5 This morning, when I went to see him after his repulse of Van Helsing, his manner was that of a man commanding destiny.
6 I would have taken him with me to see the patient, only I thought that after his last repulse he might not care to go again.
7 What we afterwards alluded to as an attack was really an attempt at repulse.
8 The first division, the hastati, which was in front, they drew up in close order to enable it to withstand and repulse the enemy.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo MachiavelliContext Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XVI. 9 They may repulse the present attempt, but must not revenge past violences: for it is natural for us to defend life and limb, but that an inferior should punish a superior, is against nature.
10 It was not long ere he found him, foaming with indignation at a repulse he had anew sustained from the fair Jewess.
11 But here is a good creature, who does not repulse me, he thought, and his heart again knew the sweetness of magnanimous emotions.
12 For the first time, after a fortnight's retreat, the Russian troops had halted and after a fight had not only held the field but had repulsed the French.
13 He reported that his regiment had been attacked by French cavalry and that, though the attack had been repulsed, he had lost more than half his men.
14 Our fugitives returned, the battalions re-formed, and the French who had nearly cut our left flank in half were for the moment repulsed.
15 The French had been repulsed for the last time.