Sentences with the word spoils

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They tried to take more than a fair share of the spoils. 

Они попытались взять себе больше положенной по справедливости доли добычи.

The meat goes bad / spoils. 

Мясо портится.

Sparing the rod spoils the child. 

Пожалеешь розгу, избалуешь ребёнка.

If you break the rules, it just spoils the whole game. 

Если вы нарушите правила, то просто испортите всю игру.

She always spoils me on my birthday. 

Она всегда балует меня на мой день рождения.

The meat must be eaten before it spoils. 

Мясо нужно съесть, пока не испортилось.

To the victor belong the spoils of the enemy. 

Трофеи врага принадлежат победителю.

The hotel spoils their guests with fine dining and excellent service. 

Гостиница балует своих гостей изысканной кухней и превосходным обслуживанием.

Too much indulgence spoils a child. 

Чрезмерное потакание портит детей.

A huge nuclear reactor now spoils the view. 

Теперь вид портит огромный ядерный реактор.

The bandits escaped with their lives but not with the spoils. 

Бандитам удалось унести ноги, но не добычу.

Spoils in a sentence

Here below you will find several sentences that illustrate how to use the word spoils in a sentence.

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   The victory produced the usual spoils of war.

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   They stake their shares of the anticipated robbery spoils.

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   Harrison had campaigned as a supporter of the merit system, as opposed to the spoils system.

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   It was only an outbreak of dysentery among the Rus’ that forced them to depart with their spoils.

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   Jackson’s theory regarding rotation of office generated what would later be called the spoils system.

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   Philip, disappointed by the spoils in Mysia, proceeded south and plundered the towns and cities of Caria.

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   In general, cooperation will not emerge if individuals can not share the spoils obtained through their joint effort.

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   The peace treaty was to be followed up by the Congress at Rastatt at which the parties would divide the spoils of war.

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   The latter largely carried grain for the horses, although later it was used to transport the spoils of the chevauchée.

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    In order to secure a peaceful passage through the land of the Khazars, the Rus’ promised the Khazars half of their spoils.

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    The city was thoroughly sacked and plundered; according to the Arab accounts, the sale of the spoils went on for five days.

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    Among the spoils was the sumptuous imperial tent with its treasures, which allegedly had to be carried off on seventy camels.

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    In Australia, it damages many cereal and fruit crops and spoils cereal crops, animal feed and stored grain with its droppings.

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    The Nihon Shoki records that Ōtomo no Satehiko brought three bronze bells back to Japan in 562 as spoils of war from Goguryeo.

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    At Mantinea, Thebes had faced down the combined forces of the greatest states of Greece, but the victory brought it no spoils.

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    Garfield sympathized with them, believing the spoils system damaged the presidency and distracted from more important concerns.

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    Upon Katie’s encouragement, Glen reconnects with Sara, and spoils her and hires her as a receptionist despite her incompetence.

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    The spoils from Oreus had been reserved for Sulpicius, who returned there, while Attalus stayed to collect the spoils from Opus.

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    Having accumulated a considerable fortune in that book, Crevel spends his time in La Cousine Bette enjoying the spoils of his labor.

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    The Rus’ stayed in Bardha’a for several months, using it as a base for plundering the adjacent areas, and amassed substantial spoils.

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    Reformers feared Arthur, as a former supporter of the spoils system, would not commit to continuing the investigation into the scandal.

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    When the men returned to their respective islands each night, they hid their spoils in a variety of places, in case the Excise men raided.

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    On the day of the festivities, the Flavian family rode into the capital, preceded by a lavish parade that displayed the spoils of the war.

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    Tyler was soon at odds with President Jackson, frustrated by Jackson’s newly emerging spoils system, describing it as an «electioneering weapon».

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    In the spring of 199 BC, the combined Pergamon and Roman fleets took Andros in the Cyclades, the spoils going to the Romans and the island to Attalus.

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    These strengthened their position; they stored up arms and food, and collecting the spoils of Jerusalem they stored them there, and became a great snare.

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    They continued northeast along the Macedonian coast to Acanthus, which they sacked, after which they returned to Euboea, their vessels laden with spoils.

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    On the Third Crusade, he made an enemy of Leopold V, Duke of Austria, by showing disrespect to his banners as well as refusing to share the spoils of war.

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    Petersburg, Catherine II was willing to mop up the spoils of war for the Russian Empire but did not want to get involved in another costly European conflict.

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    Hayes took office determined to reform the system of civil service appointments, which had been based on the spoils system since Andrew Jackson’s presidency.

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    The author Robert Lee surmised that Teach and Hands intentionally ran the ships aground to reduce the fleet’s crew complement, increasing their share of the spoils.

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    The Iroquois claimed these captives as war spoils, since they were not part of the fort’s garrison, and prepared to kill some of them in retaliation for their own losses.

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    He intended to defer to the judgment of Congress on legislative matters, with sparing use of his veto power, and to reverse Jackson’s spoils system of executive patronage.

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    Among the spoils taken were the massive iron doors of the city, which al-Mu’tasim initially transported to Samarra, where they were installed at the entrance of his palace.

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    In the New Kingdom, when Egypt was an imperial power, these donations often came out of the spoils of the king’s military campaigns or the tribute given by his client states.

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    The White, Green and Crimson Drawing Rooms include a total of 62 trophies: carved, gilded wooden panels illustrating weapons and the spoils of war, many with Masonic meanings.

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    Hayes took office determined to reform the system of civil service appointments, which had been based on the spoils system since Andrew Jackson was president forty years earlier.

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    In the 1870s, the municipal government in Buffalo had grown increasingly corrupt, with Democratic and Republican political machines cooperating to share the spoils of political office.

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    Both Democratic and Republican leaders realized that they could attract the votes of reformers by turning against the spoils system, and by 1882 a bipartisan effort began in favor of reform.

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    Both Democratic and Republican leaders realized that they could attract the votes of reformers by turning against the spoils system and, by 1882, a bipartisan effort began in favor of reform.

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    Leaders of both parties, including Bayard, realized that they could attract the votes of reformers by turning against the spoils system and, by 1882, a bipartisan effort began in favor of reform.

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    From 1854 until 1860, he was appointed a member of various navy boards that dealt with matters ranging from promotions and equipment purchases to war spoils and standardization of naval uniforms.

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    Although 90% of Curaçao’s population was of African descent, the spoils of the economic prosperity that began in the 1920s benefited whites and recent immigrants much more than black native Curaçaoans.

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1. Don’t spoil the ship for a ha’porth of tar. 

2. Spare the rod and spoil the child. 

3. Too many cooks spoil the broth. 

4. Spoil (or Lose) the ship for half penny worth of tar. 

5. Some kinds of food soon spoil.

6. Don’t eat too many nuts-you’ll spoil your appetite .

7. Don’t let him spoil your evening.

8. Don’t spoil your appetite by eating between meals.

9. He tried not to let the bad news spoil his evening.

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10. I don’t want to spoil things for everyone else.

11. It would be a pity to spoil the surprise.

12. It’s important not to let mistakes spoil your life.

13. Don’t eat that cake now; you’ll spoil your appetite.

14. Your present behaviour would spoil your future.

15. Frosts spoil the last of the flowers.

16. You would go and spoil it, wouldn’t you!

17. Don’t spoil your appetite by eating sweets before meals.

18. His mother and sisters spoil him rotten .

19. We didn’t let the incident spoil our day.

20. She didn’t want to spoil this magic moment.

21. Don’t let the bad weather spoil your holiday.

22. Don’t spoil your appetite by eating sweets between meals.

23. A hot plate will spoil the table’s polish.

24. I don’t want to spoil your fun.

25. A fond mother may spoil her child.

26. Go on, spoil yourself. Have another piece of cake.

27. We all know that fats spoil by becoming rancid.

28. Spoil yourself with a new perfume this summer.

29. The rage of a wild boar is able to spoil more than one wood. 

30. I won’t tell you what happens in the last chapter-I don’t want to spoil it for you.

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