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Definition of Countercries
1. countercry [n] - See also: countercry
Lexicographical Neighbors of Countercries
Literary usage of Countercries
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of George Meredith by George Meredith (1897)
"We are on board the labouring vessel of humanity in a storm, when cries and
countercries ring out, disorderliness mixes the crew, and the fury of ..."
2. The Biblical World by Burton, Ernest DeWitt, 1856-1925, Harper, William Rainey, 1856-1906, Mathews, Shailer, 1863-1941, Shailer Mathews, University of Chicago (1893)
"THE HISTORICAL CHRIST AND MODERN CHRISTIANITY. By REV. PROF. AB BRUCE, DD, in
The Thinker, January 1893. Two countercries are audible in ..."
3. The Pocket Edition of the Works of George Meredith: Originally Emilia in England by George Meredith (1897)
"... countercries ring out, disorderliness mixes the crew, and the fury of
self-preservation divides: this one is for the ship, that one for his life. ..."
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