Word: detract
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...appear in his discussion of Dryden's "Annus Mirabilis," and though they posses a universal validity, they do not apply, with any exactness, to Day Lewis, for that poet has worked them into his verses in such a way that they do not stand out as novel words which detract therefore, from the meaning of a passage as a whole...
...story of this weepy, sentimental yet struggling generation shows them up for what they were, a fact which inevitably leads to a superior feeling on our part for having advanced to the stage in which we are today. It need hardly be said that this philosophy does not detract from the accuracy of the picture presented, or from the enjoyment which one receives from reading the book. Yet it is this impression which the author presents which tinges the work and somewhat clouds its real value...
Many short features, worthless except for the newsreel, round out the program, and detract from the impression created by the feature. For the first time in many moons it was this reviewer's pleasure to hear an audience rise and cry out against one of those inane comedies that seem somehow always to amuse the girl behind...
...episodes of this column. The crime in question, perpetrated against a denizen of the Dunster House, is almost worthy of the attentions of the Federal Government's J. Edgar Hoover and his crack band of college trained sleuths. The fact that it is still shrouded in mystery can detract little from the story itself...
...unconscious in the Temple game, but got a bad crack on the nose which caused an external bleeding; in fact he could hardly breathe all through the second half. Since that game, he has been playing with a cumbersome noseguard, which although everybody would expect it to, did not detract from his playing, as one can see by his performances against Providence, against whom he scored twelve points and against Rutgers . . . (City...