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Against in a sentence

Sentence examples for against. Learn how established writers used the word in their sentences. Learn how to imitate them to express your idea.

There’s a law against it.

Back against the red planks.

He breathed against it gently.

He leaned back against a post.

The major sat at a table against the wall.

The other five stood very quietly against the wall.

The warm wind blew the bead curtain against the table.

Fuentes was standing with his back against the barrera.

There were a few men sitting at tables against the wall.

He breathed on the sheet and stroked his nose against it.

The husband in the upper bunk rolled over against the wall.

He found Nick sitting with his back against a tree, reading.

One of them was splintered from banging against the barrera.

The rod bent in jerks, the trout pumping against the current.

They swung their weight against the shafts of the cant-hooks.

Uncle George was standing against the wall, looking at his arm.

He pushed the shells back in against the spring of the magazine.

He shut his eyes and opened them, moving the eyelashes against the sheet.

Perhaps it would be better to put it back under the seat, against the wall.

“Heil!” we said and leaned the skis against the wall and took off our packs.

Holding the rod, pumping alive against the current, Nick brought the trout in.

He did not say anything but looked at the bags against the wall of the station.

They tried to hold him up against the wall but he sat down in a puddle of water.

She leaned forward against the table and put her hands on her breasts and smiled.

Rinaldi, big backed, his equipment sprawling, lay face downward against the wall.

The innkeeper sat on the porch of the inn, his chair tipped back against the wall.

When I started to use the big wood she was stiff and I put her up against the wall.

He looked across the bay to the hills that were beginning to sharpen against the sky.

“I got into this town last night,” William Campbell said, speaking against the sheet.

There was a big sea running and waves broke and the wind blew the spray against the car.

Holding him near the tail, hard to hold, alive, in his hand, he whacked him against the log.

Fuentes stood watching, his cape held against his body, tall, in repose, watching lazy-eyed.

After that their manner changed a little toward me, although I was their friend against outsiders.

They shot the six cabinet ministers at half-past six in the morning against the wall of a hospital.

Jim held her tight hard against the chair and she wanted it now and Jim whispered, “Come on for a walk.”

They sunk the ends of their cant-hooks into one of the logs and swung against it to loosen it in the sand.

In back was the garage, the chicken coop and the second-growth timber like a hedge against the woods behind.

“Oh, yes,” William Campbell said, speaking directly against the sheet and feeling the texture with his lips.

Most of the men sat against the wall smoking, empty coffee-cups and liqueur-glasses before them on the tables.

Jim had his arm around her and every little way they stopped and pressed against each other and Jim kissed her.

Manuel, leaning against the barrera, watching the bull, waved his hand and the gypsy ran out, trailing his cape.

Nick sat against the wall of the church where they had dragged him to be clear of machine gun fire in the street.

Against the walls of some of the houses there were pear trees, their branches candelabraed against the white walls.

Then there was a cutting through red stone and clay, and the sea was only occasionally and far below against rocks.

In the far corner the man was still asleep, snoring slightly on the intaking breath, his head back against the wall.

The windows were ajar and gleaming white against the fresh grass outside that seemed to grow a little way into the house.

I took the shotgun, which was heavy to carry and banged against my legs, and the two game-bags and started toward the house.

Then he looked down at the machine and jerked his little hand out from between the straps and slapped it hard against his thigh.

He folded the Star open and propped it against the water pitcher with his cereal dish to steady it, so he could read while he ate.

He leaned his back against the weight of his pack where it rested upright on the stump and got his arms through the shoulder straps.

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