19 adjectives to describe reversals

Such sudden and complete reversal on the part of the mental demeanor of spectators was never before seen on a ball field in a world's series.

Note the order in which I have written these needs of life; an exact reversal of the usual order.

Ever since, a process of disintegration has been going on, resulting in a progressive reversal of the previous relation.

They felt that their system was inconsistent with the immortal assertion of Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence, and with the principles of the Revolution,that its extension was a direct reversal of the creed and the policy of the men by whom our frame of government was established.

But I recall a fleeting vision of perfect loveliness among Miss Monflathers's pupils"a baronet's daughter who by some extraordinary reversal of the laws of Nature was not only plain in feature but dull in intellect.

But this, I think, we may safely say: the dramatist is fortunate who finds in the development of his theme, without unnatural strain or too much preparation, opportunity for a great scene, highly-wrought, arresting, absorbing, wherein one or more of his characters shall experience a marked reversal either of inward soul-state or of outward fortune.

In these ways, then, compromise may mean, not acquiescence in an instalment, on the ground that the time is not ripe to yield us more than an instalment, but either the acceptance of the instalment as final, followed by the virtual abandonment of hope and effort; or else it may mean a mistaken reversal of direction, which augments the distance that has ultimately to be traversed.

Various adventures arise out of these circumstances; and the fountains are again drunk, with a mutual reversal of their effects.

" It declares that the sending home of the Africans would be "a practical reversal of the Dred Scott decision," and adds,"We have no fear that our people will long remain passive under such an accumulating weight of inequality."

She even paid the tribute of a passing smile to the queer reversal of their rôles, her own and his.

He delivered this shameless reversal of a passionately asserted opinion without a quiver.

Such a change can hardly have come about without historical reasons and although the exact circumstances must perhaps remain obscure, we can see in this sharp reversal of roles a clear response to certain Indian needs.

3. The rejection of mourning as one-sided, ignorant, and a reversal of the true estimate of the facts; and a recognition of the eternal destiny of Keats in the world of mind, coupled with the yearning of Shelley to have done with the vain shows of things in this cycle of mortality, and to be at one with Keats in the mansions of the everlasting.

He had made excuses for himselfhe began to make them for Maud, nay, he was fast returning to his allegiance, the allegiance of a day, thrown off in five minutes, when he sustained another damper, such as the total reversal of his outrigger and his own immersion, head uppermost, in the Thames, could not have surpassed.

The dog was overcome by this unexpected reversal of the laws of nature and ran away, howling with surprise and terror.

As we have had previous occasion to note, this ejection of the Turkish power from Constantinople is the absolute reversal of European and, in especial, of English policy for the last hundred years.

Before leaving this subject, we may note that a favourite effect of romantic drama is an upward reversal of fortune through the recognitionthe anagnorisisof some great personage in disguise.

he said, rising numbly to his feet and rubbing his eyes with his fists, while he tried to comprehend an astonishing reversal of custom.

It is unnecessary to recall the awful "reversal of fortune" that overtook one of the most brilliant of modern dramatists.

19 adjectives to describe  reversals