militate

How To Use militate In A Sentence

• The supervisor's presence militated against a relaxed atmosphere.
• She felt that she had spoken as impressively as it was necessary to do, and that in using the superior word "militate" she had thrown a noble drapery over a mass of particulars which were still evident enough. Middlemarch: a study of provincial life (1900)
• This seemed to militate against life; and then I felt, for the first time and not the last, that death at least is straightforward. LEARNING TO TALK: SHORT STORIES
• The presence in dyewood extracts of coloring matters in various stages of development has hitherto militated against their use in place of the raw materials by many dyers and printers who are still employing inherited and antiquated processes in which the whole of the coloring matter is not rendered available. Scientific American Supplement, No. 711, August 17, 1889
• Of course, several circumstances militated against that happening.
• Her temperament seemed to militate against her becoming the kind of writer she wanted to be. ISAAC CAMPION
• Semper attonitus, semper pavidus quid dicat, faciatve: ne displiceat humilitatem simulat, honestatem mentitur. Anatomy of Melancholy
• Financier Peter G. Peterson is a private-equity billionaire and former Nixon Secretary of Commerce, who has militated for 30 years against Social Security and related programs, while also promoting reduced taxation for risky financial transactions. Paul Kleyman: Pew Boomer Report: Attitude, Not Analysis on Social Security
• Abrahamsen builds her argument by positing and skilfully exploring three key aspects of Africa's political economy that militate against the development of democracy.
• They have consistently militated and lobbied our Congress and Administration not to revoke the protection Saudi Arabia and OPEC receives from our courts and laws under the doctrine of "Sovereign Immunity. Raymond J. Learsy: The Doctrine of "Sovereign Immunity" Presents a Grave Danger to Our Security