It was necessary to do so before attempting to move him again, and, sprinkling his face with water, she persuaded him to open his eyes, and after one little stare he slipped back into the nothingness he had come out of; and this was repeated several times, Kate redoubling her efforts until at last she succeeded in placing him in a chair.
"A Mummer's Wife"
George Moore
I thought of years of woe, Moments prolonged to years, Heard my heart racing so, redoubling all those fears.
"Poems New and Old"
John Freeman
redoubling her efforts, therefore, she reached the wall of the estate, ran across the grass and went up to her father's study.
"The Secret of Sarek"
Maurice Leblanc