Sentence examples for dissolve him from inspiring English sources

It offers the last laugh, the last reckless, stupid act, in the face of death; in "Brighton Rock", it is where Pinkie shows Rose the bottle of vitriol that will dissolve him.

Horrified at the thought that he has created a doppelganger, Horace – helped on by covert multiple scotches at the Gibbet & Goose – lunges at his son with a carving knife and threatens to dissolve him in a water butt filled with nitric acid.

We must assume that despite his bravado he does not intend to die if he can help it: that somewhere in the surrounding streets, illegally parked in a resident's bay or blocking a resident's drive, there is a vehicle waiting for him, to convey him beyond reach, and dissolve him as if he had never been.

I took whatever was there, thinking maybe I can dissolve him".

Though he hadn't cared for Mandy much, his gratitude had been overwhelming; it had dissolved him.

Slowly the rippling heat from the asphalt dissolved him, his shrinking back looked like anyone's - he was gone before it disappeared.

But as Mr Burley's journey progressed, he watched the ecosystem of film rapidly dissolve around him.

He had begun suffering from gastrointestinal miseries; with increasing frequency, his bowels suddenly would seem to dissolve, sending him bolting for the privy.

The years have dissolved for him, too.

He also promulgated new legislation to ensure that any new National Assembly (after the "credible" elections of February 18) could be dissolved by him at will.

As a narrative it was very fondly regarded because so many of us imagined a clueless botanist pedaling over the cobblestones with the clockwork Helvetian order dissolving under him.