21. The chronicle contains a number of complaints that Nigel oppressed the monks or despoiled them. 22. The democratic Czechoslovak Republic has been handed over to dismemberment and despoiled by ruthless dictatorships. 23. To compete in the despoiled sport of cycling is to be a doper, some suggest. 24. The war lasted ten years, during which the Saracen ravages worsened and churches were despoiled . 25. Polluters have despoiled the latter ( they will figure as bad guys in his next novel ). 26. When Sobslav decided to remove Otto II from Olomouc, the despoiled prince recoursed to the German king. 27. Public places and sidewalks are despoiled with filth and litter, rivers and canals act as garbage dumps. 28. With the advent of iconolasm, many monasteries were despoiled and church lands were seized by the Emperor. 29. The nave of the church was despoiled and turned into a store for barrels of wine and liquor. 30. PLUSES : The ravishing cinematography portrays a Melanesian island as a latter-day Eden despoiled by marauding armies.
