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Significados de stem the torrent em inglês

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Uso de stem the torrent em inglês
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Then we made a brief stand and tried to stem the torrent.
The Cryptogram: A Story of Northwest Canada
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But it was impossible to stem the torrent of human forms.
Ray's Daughter: A Story of Manila
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For twelve years Gallienus attempted to stem the torrent thus freed.
Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine
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Toni, very pale, tried to stem the torrent of her words.
The Making of a Soul
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I tried to stem the torrent of their strange, absorption, but I could not.
Angel Island
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Hush! Selwyn tried ineffectually to stem the torrent of complaint.
The Hermit of Far End
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Hamilcar had in vain attempted to stem the torrent.
The Young Carthaginian: A Story of The Times of Hannibal
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Any attempt to stem the torrent of the wretched man's speech would have been futile.
The Far Horizon
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Now, shudderingly wishful to stem the torrent of blasphemies, innocent though they were, he ventured cautiously:
The Seeker
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It is clear, therefore, that something more effectual than universal manhood suffrage is needed to stem the torrent.
Female Suffrage: A Letter to the Christian Women of America
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Archie and the chiefs, with the few mounted men among the retainers, strove in vain to stem the torrent.
In Freedom's Cause : A Story of Wallace and Bruce
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Sir John Barnard, who endeavoured to stem the torrent of the former, is grown almost as unpopular as Byng.
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 2
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He cursed everything in nature and beyond it, and no amount of clouts on the head would stem the torrent.
Salute to Adventurers
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At last Gillian managed to stem the torrent of garrulity and interposed a question concerning the telegram she had sent.
The Lamp of Fate
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How difficult is it, when immorality has been encouraged by royal authority, to turn the tide or to stem the torrent.
Works of John Bunyan — Volume 01
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He swung a couple of the excited sailors out of his way and managed to stem the torrent of Coke's futile curses.
The Stowaway Girl
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