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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of level.

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Examples

  • Among the criticisms that get levelled is that ultimately the imperial ‘West’ still holds the epistemic ‘power’ in defining and designating what it deems ‘good’ literature. ... dreamer idiot - am most touched to think that you've taken the time and trouble to fill in the (clearly considerable!) gaps in my knowledge of the subject.

    Dreamer Idiot Tackles Postcolonialism Sharon Bakar 2006

  • Sir Anthony's glass was again levelled at the group.

    The Black Moth: A Romance of the XVIII Century 1921

  • Mallinson's air of complacency vanished as he heard the offensive term levelled against himself.

    The Philanderers 1906

  • Amersham levelled from a short corner and grabbed a winner as Rover tired.

    unknown title 2009

  • And when they came to him, quoth they, “Thou dost but feign thyself dead, but we will make an end of thee,” and one of the Badawin levelled his javelin and would have plunged it into his breast when he cried out, “Save me, O my lord Abd al-Kadir, O Saint of Gilan!” and behold, he saw a hand turn the lance away from his breast to that of Kamal-al-Din the cameleer, so that it pierced him and spared himself. 49 Then the

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • The derogatory label levelled at him was that he was “a populist”, as if making complex ideas accessible to the general population is a bad thing.

    Pundits and why you can’t believe them — Fusion Despatches 2010

  • The derogatory label levelled at him was that he was “a populist”, as if making complex ideas accessible to the general population is a bad thing.

    2010 February — Fusion Despatches 2010

  • For Gaheris, murderer of women, had leaped straight over Agravain's fallen body, past the whirling swords where Bedwyour fought, and was advancing, sword levelled, on the Queen.

    The Wicked Day Stewart, Mary, 1916- 1983

  • According to the conductor of the bus, 18-year-old Kester McKinnon, the Route 44 minibus was travelling to Victoria from Georgetown "levelled" with mostly students on the "line top" when the driver tried to avoid collision with another vehicle which was "coming out of Bakewell Road".

    Stabroek News Stabroek staff 2010

  • "Right now, it's kind of levelled off," Kinsey said Monday.

    The Gazette-Enterprise: News 2009

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