Sentences with 'repel'
Example sentences and phrases with the word repel and other words derived from it.
• « Thus, a non-European power could and did defeat the European invaders thanks to the quick thinking of Ethiopian Emperor Menelik II. Nowhere else in Africa did a local ruler organise so successfully to repel the invaders, but if circumstances had been different, they certainly could have done so. »
• « Nevertheless, a number of ginseng researchers agree that it is an effective weapon against stress, helping the body to cope with anxiety and repel disease. »
• « Britain kept 10,000 troops in North America after the war ended in 1763 to defend the frontiers and repel any attack by its imperial rivals. »