5 sentences with 'reversed'
Example sentences and phrases with the word reversed and other words derived from it.
• « The official ban on icons lasted until 843, more than a century, before the emperors reversed it (it was an empress, named Theodora after Justinian's famous wife centuries earlier, who led the charge to officially restore the icons). »
• « The tactical problem facing both sides was due to the new technologies of warfare: whereas in past wars offensive strategy was often superior to defensive strategy, in the First World War things were completely reversed. »
• « In many cases, labour shortages led to advances for women that simply could not be reversed at the end of the war. »
• « The position of those who marvel at this phenomenon will determine their own vision, as there is no single rainbow, but infinite, three-dimensional ones. Eventually a second, smaller rainbow is formed with the colours reversed. »
• « Over the course of his two terms as president - he was re-elected in 1804 - Jefferson reversed the Federalist Party's policy away from urban commercial development. Instead, he promoted agriculture by selling western public lands in small, affordable lots. »