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Sentences ending with spoil

Both risky, as you see, but the bolder the game the sweeter the spoil. [11]
For it was too darling a comedy to spoil. [5]
But, said I, suppose the victor should decline to accept his spoil? [5]

Short sentences using spoil

A dictionary would spoil it. [5]
They would spoil Pretty Pierre. [11]
But I'll spoil his game. [10]
You'll spoil our friendship. [11]
You'll spoil your digestion. [4]
Don't spoil it. [9]

More example sentences with the word spoil in them

It is in your power to spoil my chance. [10]
It would sear your heart and spirit, it would spoil all that makes you what you are. [11]
But mind, now, you must not meddle; if you do, you will spoil everything, and get your name in the 'Household Inquisitor' in a way you won't like. [6]
But of course, you know, if I went to work at those things with an ethical intention explicitly in mind, I should spoil them. [8]
You promise her, you break her life, you spoil her, and then you fly away --ah coward you! [11]
Note well, it would spoil all my pleasure, if you put yourself or any one else to inconvenience to come to Haworth. [14]
Some think it will spoil the old cart, and they pretend to say that there are valuable things in it which may get hurt. [6]
Perry says it will spoil the avenue. [9]
I trust he will spoil her wedding--if she ever tries to have one. [11]
The men who were determined that that amendment should not get into the bill, and spoil the place where the Dred Scott decision was to come in, sought an excuse to get rid of it somewhere. [7]
How often do we spoil our best chances by following an urgent instinct to arrive at certainty as early as possible, and by not being strong enough to postpone opening our business till a favorable moment offers. [10]
And now that we have--begun so well, don't spoil it, Hugh! [9]
But I suspect we can't manage that--even your infallible Fulkerson couldn't work it--and I'm afraid that there'll be some listening that 'll spoil the pleasure of the time. [8]
Art thou a warrior sated with spoil, master of the sports, spectator of the fight, Prince, or Pistol? [11]
But it takes very little to spoil everything for writer, talker, lover. [6]
It is a very good article and the writer says all manner of kind and complimentary things about me--for which I am sure thank him with all my heart; but then why should he go and spoil all his praise by one unlucky experiment? [5]
They not only turn out bad jobs of work, but they spoil the tools for better workmen. [6]
Is it not true Mary, we shall he sincerely obliged to Selene if only she will not spoil the pleasure we have had in working for her? [10]
He understood how to unite work and pleasure; I, on the contrary, learned little on the wooden benches, for I rarely occupied them, and the dust of books certainly didn't spoil my lungs. [10]
If we were to take him into our confidence now, he would spoil all. [10]
He had everything to spoil him,--beauty, precocious intelligence, and a personal charm which might have made him a universal favorite. [6]
The count wished to go home, but Helene entreated him not to spoil her improvised ball, and the Rostovs stayed on. [2]
If at any time you find it necessary to correct your brother, do not correct him with mud--never, on any account, throw mud at him, because it will spoil his clothes. [5]
The Judge, holding tightly to Stephen, pushed his way fiercely to the stand, vowing over and over that the commotion was a secession trick to spoil the furniture and stampede the sale. [9]
As soon as the sun appeared in a clear strip of sky beneath the clouds, the wind fell, as if it dared not spoil the beauty of the summer morning after the storm; drops still continued to fall, but vertically now, and all was still. [2]
Rhodes was himself the only man who could have effectively postponed Jameson, but that would have been a disadvantage to his scheme; indeed, it could spoil his whole two years' work. [5]
If I had the command of the campaign I would go with rifles only, no cumbersome Maxims and cannon to spoil good rocks with. [5]
Now go into the cave, or you may spoil everything. [10]
We all remember that Charley spoil him, and that make us sorry for him. [11]
He gnashed his teeth, and felt a strong impulse to spoil the happiness of that shameless upstart. [10]
The bodies were stripped and covered up in the graves, the spoil packed for transportation, then the Thugs gave pious thanks to Bhowanee, and departed on further holy service. [5]
We will not spoil their sleep. [10]
He would not spoil the development of the drama, of which he now held the fluttering prologue, by any blunt treatment; he would touch this and that nerve gently to see what past connection there was between: "These dim blown birds beneath an alien sky. [11]
Why should she spoil the delightful drive with her friend, which, besides, was nearly over? [10]
Would'st thou but spoil our pleasure? [10]
He would not spoil it by the tortures of emotion. [11]
But I will spoil her game; you are right, it is not well to give her too long a start. [10]
She did not spare herself a single word, and finally she murmured to herself: "She can spoil every thing. [10]
The precious spoil so easily won had soon lost its value in his eyes. [10]
Washington Hawkins had seen the act, but was not near enough at hand to save his friend, and no one who was near enough desired to spoil the effect. [5]
He used to say that an ill-dressed woman would spoil the finest landscape. [4]
You've had it rough enough, without my putting a rock in your swag that would spoil you for the rest of the tramp. [11]
They have no right to spoil what can be the most agreeable social institution that civilization has evolved. [4]
He was so rich that the loss he might suffer did not trouble him enough to spoil his good-humor, and so honest that it was a pleasure to him to restore the stolen property to its rightful owner. [10]
Melissa let him rest a little while; then she approached him, thanked him profusely, and begged him to keep quiet, lest the pain should return and spoil the approaching day. [10]
As his footsteps receded from her bedside, she pressed her lips more firmly together, thinking: "Why should I spoil his beautiful dream of happiness? [10]
Since the little puzzle amuses the ladies, it would be a pity to spoil their sport by giving them the key. [14]
This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us. [11]
He would have played his life against the treasury of a kingdom, and, winning it with loaded double sixes, have handed back the spoil as an unredeemable national debt. [11]
A surface-smile may pay the toil That follows still the conquering Right, With soft, white hands to dress the spoil That sunbrowned valor clutched in fight. [6]
They must spoil our pleasure, too. [9]
But she was on guard and ready to spoil his game. [10]
But the youth of the town, many of whom knew the artist, and who were at all times ready to spoil sport for the sycophants and spies, crowded up between the fugitive and his pursuers and barred the way. [10]
The great captains of that age went about to harry each other's territories and spoil each other's cities very much as we do nowadays, and for similar reasons;--Napoleon the Great in Moscow, Napoleon the Small in Italy, Kaiser William in Paris, Great Scott in Mexico! [4]
The botanical garden of Sydney covers thirty-eight acres, beautifully laid out and rich with the spoil of all the lands and all the climes of the world. [5]
And in spite of it all Pontius could spoil all the pleasure of her journey and stay in Alexandria instead of following in her wake. [10]
As his opinion of his superior Americanism grows, and swells, and concentrates and coagulates, he will go further and try to belittle the distinction of those that saw the Prince do things, and will spoil their pleasure in it if he can. [5]
The mere sight of her at meals would embitter every mouthful; only to hear her domineering tones in the next room would spoil his pleasure in working; the touch of her cold hand as she bid him good-night would destroy his night's rest! [10]
They had plenty of corn, but Smith says he had no commission to spoil them. [4]
You said just now that you were grateful; do you want now to spoil our pleasure? [10]
Soft-hearted weakness is not usually your defect, but you will utterly spoil Polykarp. [10]
But I did not spoil my life by them, and I am here a trusted servant of the government. [11]
Kutuzov alone would not see this and openly expressed his opinion that no fresh war could improve the position or add to the glory of Russia, but could only spoil and lower the glorious position that Russia had gained. [2]
However, I was not entirely destitute of military resources, and I did presently manage to spoil this game; for I had seen many a steam-boat aground in my time, and knew a trick or two which even a grounded mule would be obliged to respect. [5]
Kilquhanity had made no will, and the little house on the hillside, and all that he had, belonged to this woman who had spoiled the first part of his life, and had come now to spoil the last part. [11]
But the spiral must unwind by its own law, and the hand that shall try to hasten the process will only spoil the blossom which would have expanded in symmetrical beauty under the rosy fingers of morning. [6]
Everything that surrounded me was so revolting and dismal that it will haunt my dreams with terror for weeks to come and spoil all my cheerful hours. [10]
Perhaps he who looked up to the Emperor Charles with such enthusiastic devotion would agree with her; perhaps what she must disclose to him would spoil the remainder of his life. [10]
In short, she looked fit to spoil a homily for Saint Anthony himself. [6]
I will not look on the monsters, lean and fat, that they may not spoil my taste for the true type! [10]
Who has heavier loads of anxiety to endure?--yet you spoil my recreation during the brief hours when I succeed in casting off the burden. [10]
They will not, lest they should spoil the meeting with the old woman. [10]
We'll strike and keep on striking, we'll break their machinery, spoil their mills and factories, and drive them out. [9]
I love them just the same as I love my own: They pet me and spoil me even more than the others do, I think. [5]
Because he was just the kind of person you could depend on to spoil a little thing like that if you didn't warn him, his tongue was so handy, and his spirit so willing, and his information so uncertain. [5]
No, not that; it would spoil the romance. [5]
What a pity it is that men we want to like spoil all by their lack of form! [11]
Chemistry, for instance, is very apt to spoil on one's hands. [3]
Suppose the blow is hard enough to spoil the brain and stop the play of the organs, what happens them? [6]
One man who is a little too literal can spoil the talk of a whole tableful of men of esprit.--"Yes," you say, "but who wants to hear fanciful people's nonsense? [6]
The immortals have indeed shown me very plainly that it is their will sometimes to spoil the feast of life with a right bitter draught. [10]
He has splendid ideas, and he'll divide his chances with his friends with a free hand, the good generous soul, but something does seem to always interfere and spoil everything. [5]
I hadn't an idea in the world; but it would have been cruel to confess it and spoil her pretty game; so I never let on, but said: "Yes, I know, sweetheart--how dear and good it is of you, too! [5]
Not another word--this hour is like the finished masterpiece of some great painter; every touch that could be added might spoil it. [10]
Better be smitten here, where thou canst get help from thine own country, if need be, than yonder, where they but wait to spoil thy work and kill thee. [11]
Perhaps I spoil her, but really that seems the best plan. [2]
Ebn Ezra Bey has proofs of the whole thing, and now at last the Saadat knows too late that his work has been spoiled by the only man who could spoil it. [11]
If you're found guilty, you'll be sent to prison at least for the years that'll spoil the making of your life; and you do it because you think you'll spare somebody. [11]
They spoil a good many, I am afraid; or at least they shine on a good many that never come to anything. [6]
She had been good friends with this young manager, who was only thirty years of age, and was married, but when he had wanted to kiss her on saying good-bye one recent summer, she had said, "Oh, no, oh, no, that would spoil it all! [11]
But I should go on and spoil my prospects by saying that I don't think the white-pine Yankee is the more generally prevailing growth, but rather the pitch-pine Yankee. [6]
He taught me German for the love of it; he wouldn't spoil his pleasure by taking a cent from me; he seemed to get enough out of my being young and enthusiastic, and out of prophesying great things for me. [8]
To spoil her game, I should be capable, in spite of all the life preservers in the world, of binding Schorlin to me in good earnest. [10]
Make haste, my friend, or new cares will come to spoil my holiday mood. [10]
It might spoil everything; it might kill my life. [11]
He dare not even bring his work before his own eyes, but keeps it behind him, as if too much knowledge of what one is doing would spoil the delicacy and modesty of one's work. [4]
But he, whose duty it was to look after the property of The Blue Pike, would spoil their pleasure in thieving. [10]
But our visitors did not care for the philosophizing of Mr. Snodgrass --you can spoil almost anything by turning it wrong side out. [4]
Naturally the holy dead see and hear nothing of the pains of the lost, for that would entirely spoil the joys of Paradise for them; but now and then--I believe once a year--it is given to the blessed to look down into Hell. [10]
Now if we could only succeed in preventing Hadrian observing the heavens merely during the third hour after midnight we should preserve him from trouble and anxiety, which will torment and spoil his life. [10]

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