Sentence examples for well repelled from inspiring English sources

Though she never married the Frog Prince of whom she was teasingly fond, or any of her other and more handsome suitors, she lived for a long time in peace and prosperity, governed her kingdom well, repelled its enemies and won the hearts and praise of most of her subjects.

Twice more the English charged upon the squadron, but they were as well repelled.

The dilemma, Goodwin acknowledged, is that the far-right rhetoric may well repel such voters from participating in G.O.P. primaries to begin with.

Subtle patterns like miniature houndstooth can help as well, repelling and concealing scuffs and stains that cotton seems to attract and highlight.

The Permethrin never washes out, and in my tests I found the clothes fit well and repelled bugs completely.

His second, five years later, of Christian religious paintings, sold well but repelled critics with its treacly piety — van Meegeren, it turned out, was a student of Scripture.

It can be tempting to look for the haters; they are ugly and despicable and maddening and even scary, and we are fascinated by that as well as repelled.

A bit of pressure for the Bosnians, with Corona and Brad Evans doing well to repel them.

Fernandinho, who turned in a storming display, fired at the keeper, who did well to repel the shot.

Fraser Forster did wonderfully well to repel Eoin Doyle's header following Ryan McGovern's left-wing delivery and Tom Taiwo volleyed narrowly over the bar.

For though the word has a derogatory stamp, the very people we label narcissistic often are those who attract as well as repel us.