Sentence examples for dissolved him from inspiring English sources

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

While convoking a council gave the appearance of a step toward a more representative government, the council actually was appointed by the king and could be dissolved by him at will.

To wage war Charles needed to raise revenue, but the only institution that could approve new taxes was Parliament, which had feuded with Charles in the 1620s and was dissolved by him in 1629.

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