Sentence Examples

1. The fellow mistook him for a reporter or other antagonist, Tom supposed.
2. He fenced rapidly, giving the highwayman no rest, standing his ground and keeping his antagonist against the wall.
3. When Uncas had brained his first antagonist, he turned, like a hungry lion, to seek another.
4. With ready skill, Hawkeye and his antagonist each grasped that uplifted arm of the other which held the dangerous knife.
5. Your brilliance also underscores the inadequacy of my antagonist, though my excuse is undeniably colorful.
6. The other replied that all his antagonist said was true, and that he did not choose to give him more than four reals because he very often gave him money and that those who expected presents ought to be civil and take what is given them with a cheerful countenance, and not make any claim against winners unless they know them for certain to be sharpers and their winnings to be unfairly won and that there could be no better proof that he himself was an honest man than his having refused to give anything for sharpers always pay tribute to lookers-on who know them.
7. The conditions of the combat were that if Don Quixote proved the victor his antagonist was to marry the daughter of Doña Rodriguez but if he should be vanquished his opponent was released from the promise that was claimed against him and from all obligations to give satisfaction.
8. Hawkeye soon got another enemy within reach of his arm, and with one sweep of his formidable weapon he beat down the slight and inartificial defenses of his antagonist, crushing him to the earth with the blow.
9. He attacked furiously, hoping to drive Senor Zorro off his feet and make an end of it But he found that his attack ended as if against a stone wall, his blade was turned aside, his breast crashed against that of his antagonist, and Senor Zorro merely threw out his chest and hurled him back half a dozen steps.
10. The naked body of his antagonist afforded Heyward no means of holding his adversary, who glided from his grasp, and rose again with one knee on his chest, pressing him down with the weight of a giant.