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Sentence Examples The three-fifths compromise ensured Southern states enough votes in the House to stave off attempts to regulate or abolish slavery. In the meantime, the challenge will be to stave off complacency toward reform now that chances for a rout at the polls suddenly seem remote. It alleviated the problem a little, but not enough to stave off looming financial disaster. It's a film that plumbs the emotional depths of the women as they struggle to find meaning in their lives and stave off madness. They should answer hyperbolic attacks with exaggerated speech of their own, if that's what it takes to stave off political annihilation. In an effort to stave off and global homogenisation, Britain boldly maintained its tradition of driving on the left. If you need to stave off emaciation without blowing your budget, this unprepossessing little bistro is surely in the city's top ten destinations. An increase in fees paid to care homes will not be enough to stave off a crisis, managers of residential facilities said yesterday. I started the day off trying to stave off my hangover with the hair of the dog. I compromised my own self in order to keep the peace and stave off confrontation. To stave off colds, she should combine it with aconite at the first sign of a scratchy throat or a congested feeling in the head. In some cases, concrete and stone retaining walls and dikes are erected along banks to stave off overflow in heavy rain. Archaeologists think it may have been built in a forlorn attempt to stave off the effects of climate change 5,000 years ago. In trying to stave off this fate of being dated, he has clung desperately to remaining youthful. One way in which the government is trying to stave off this problem is by debt and interest payment rescheduling. I initially hoped to stave off any broodiness by persuading my wife to take a job as a teacher. For a while, I shaved my bikini line along with my legs and armpits, mostly to stave off ridicule during junior high gym class and swimming. Even if those horns manage a gouge here or a nick there, a matador can always depend on antibiotics to stave off serious complications. At the same time, governments have usually moved to stave off depreciatory, not appreciatory, speculation against their currencies. Now research from France has shown a regular dose of Armagnac can also help stave off illnesses such as heart attacks and thrombosis. Show More Sentences Now I'm sipping peppermint tea and munching on crackers to stave off the vomitous feelings and room swirliness. How can we ensure success in repelling an invasion when our ships have to constantly stave off these little brush fires? I walked up and down Tottenhan Court Road with Mark at lunchtime in a vain attempt to stave off unconsciousness. The theory is that a little something extra before bed might stave off the midnight munchies. The city, hoping to stave off a touchy situation, tested the water, which turned out to be harmless. To stave off the ennui as I do my pain, I've started to go through my old video collection. Young master Taft took the book with him to the swearing-in of his father, William Howard Taft, apparently to stave off boredom. In the Battle of the Bulge in 1944, cooks, clerks and mechanics from different units joined together to fight well and stave off the German counteroffensive. Sykes, a father-of-four, had been laid off from his job as a puddler at a Rotherham iron works in 1865, forcing him to turn to poaching to stave off destitution. The new contract he signed just before Christmas should be enough to stave off any fears of a January sale. Much of their effort went into maintaining high wages and ameliorating the plight of the unemployed in order to stave off unrest. One point in common: to stave off moroseness and opt for an element of surprise that allows artists to be better exhibited in larger spaces. While protein seems to stave off hunger for longer than carbohydrate, fat exerts the weakest effects on both satiation and satiety. But the promised 'bread' will not just stave off hunger, it provides eternal life. The important thing is to stave off unemployment and retain know-how in the industry. Our Canadian Forces involved in peacekeeping performed admirably and helped to stave off conflict between warring states. Effective remedies are needed not only to stave off their social marginalisation but also to satisfy the economy's demand for quality workers. In a bid no doubt to stave off national bankruptcy real estate and undeveloped land are to be sold off. We should stave off encroachment by other bodies on the issues of the General Assembly. They have attempted to stave off the competition by improving services, cutting costs and providing member dividends with better rates. Show More Sentences Caritas staff in rural Zimbabwe are reporting that families are mixing their dwindling food supplies with cow dung to stave off hunger. The U. S. Federal Reserve is expected to stave off downside risks to its economic outlook by cutting the Fed funds rate to 1.5 per cent by June. They cannot understand why we do not give them the resources they need to stave off the threats to their security. Without its cooperation it is doubtful that the British army would have been able to stave off the Americans indefinitely. Four weeks after the injections, all 20 of the participants had developed the antibodies needed to stave off the infection. And how much do you need to sweat to stave off the disease that kills 500,000 people every year? While pundits think Morse is relatively safe in his effort to stave off recall, Giron is facing a much tighter race. Sure ASMR clips can put you to sleep and help stave off insomnia, maybe even get rid of that nasty headache you've had for days. But a thin, expensive watch would not be sufficient to stave off competition from the cheap quartz watches flooding the market. I saw a young woman in a little, flower print dress and slingbacks, tiny handbag held above her head in a vain attempt to stave off the rain and wind. This may stave off some of the symptoms, but you'll have to face the head-clanging, nerve-jangling fate of the seasoned boozehound sooner or later. You get an upvote to help stave off the incoming flurry of downvotes. Japan had hoped that the resumption of talks in September would help the countries settle the issue and stave off mounting cries on both sides for further escalation. Firefighters and control staff now have a chance to stave off swingeing attacks on their conditions by employers who have reneged on an earlier pay deal. Y are looking to hormone-replacement therapy to stave off the advance of the characteristic signs. Most were lucky enough to receive humanitarian assistance to stave off immediate starvation or deadly disease, but the vast majority of the displaced suffered from insufficient sanitation, health care, and education. Ultimately, humanity will have to change its perspective on its place in Earth's ecology if the species hopes to stave off or survive the next plague. All of us need to determine how best to resolve the crisis of the Northumberland Strait and how to stave off economic recession to be faced by all fishers. Rufinus, lacking adequate forces, enlisted Alaric and his men, and sent them to Thessaly to stave off Stilicho's threat, which they did. If the soldiers were well fed, they were healthier and able to maintain a high level of physical activity, as well as stave off disease. Show More Sentences Writing songs may stave off boredom, but some voids remain. The slates on modern carom tables are usually heated to stave off moisture and provide a consistent playing surface. The Bank of Greece tried to adopt deflationary policies to stave off the crises that were going on in other countries, but these largely failed. Such a suggestion is scoffed at by Shimerians who maintain that they have the will to stave off institutional death. He drank plenty of orange juice, hoping to stave off the cold making the rounds at the office. Eventually, we decided that my father would not recover, and so, instead of continuing to try to stave off death, we unbarred the door and began to wait. First, not everyone will stave off mental deterioration by learning. A GERIATRIC gym has got pensioners pumping iron to stave off ailments and the onset of old age. When these speculators and their special vehicles' end up in the ditch, central banks pump billions into the financial system to stave off widespread instability, but the effect is actually to underwrite speculation. Since then he has had regular checkups and his owners feed him codliver oil to help stave off crippling arthritis. So I have to assure you that the inclusion of fourteen days in the letter does not, in my mind, suggest an intention to stave off negotiations or further discussions for a period of two weeks. No longer can traditional competitors hope to stave off this threat to the status quo, as they have been hoping in recent years while the airline expanded threateningly. The room is bare, with only a black coal heater to stave off the winter chill. Ginkgo biloba, used to stave off mental decline after a ministroke can also interact adversely with blood-thinning medications. It is arming itself to stave off what Bush has all but promised. They are taking crucial responsibilities and powers of financial control away from us and holding up the gentlemen's agreement in order to stave off our reaction. Greenpeace bosses were last night desperately trying to stave off bankruptcy as all their UK assets were frozen in the injunction. During the fourth and fifth centuries AD Roman emperors did their best to stave off the advance of the Germanic tribes. The specific management choices not only could not stave off the course towards deceleration and recession but, on the contrary, constituted a bomb ready to explode, with incalculable consequences for people's income. Yet the highest pinnacles of finance capital continue to totter as major financial institutions such as Washington Mutual, the country's largest savings and loan, scramble to stave off bankruptcy. Show More Sentences Conversely, a company who wants to tarnish its reputation, decimate its clientele and stave off all potential clients needs only to make cuts in its quality control system. Some companies have applied for and received several prefixes to stave off competitors, before they were needed. Generally, the Goths were abused by the Romans, who began forcing the now starving Goths to trade away their children so as to stave off starvation. DeBrum demanded new commitment and international leadership to stave off further climate disasters from battering his country and other similarly vulnerable countries. Controlling erythropoietin levels or blocking its activity could help diabetics stave off complications or halt the progression of diseases already attacking eyes and kidneys. The trip will also examine the impact of acute mountain sickness, a debilitating condition often experienced on ascent to high altitude, on ability to stave off illness. Placement of RZD's controlling stake of TransContainer in an improbable state JV with the Kazakhs and Byelorussians seems intended to stave off privatization. While for Alex McLeish's Blues, it's no longer just about getting one over the arrogant so-and-sos from Aston while attempting to stave off relegation. There were no fewer than three executives from the high-tech world, all welcoming an opportunity to dabble in the Old West to stave off fast-track flame-out. The industry's strategy is to stave off vocal opposition through these kinds of policy concessions, as well as a more accommodating approach to critics. However Wilson's government had inherited a large trade deficit that led to a currency crisis and ultimately a doomed attempt to stave off devaluation of the pound. The power and influence of these pirates during this time was such that nations including the United States of America paid tribute in order to stave off their attacks. Forms of antiseptics were also used in order to stave off infection. Examples from Classical Literature And she remembered her own passionate attempts to stave off despair by work. Somehow, he had hoped that his father and his friends might have been able to stave off ruin. The central bank introduced the auctions at the end of December to help stave off a currency crisis and thwart a run on the pound. In the meantime, growers are trying to salvage whatever they can and stave off further devastation. The messengers who may ask for any of us will not be witnesses only, they may help to stave off danger. If I could stave off poverty no real harm could come to my child. To stave off boredom, she explores her creaky, new home and meets the neighbours. But thank the Lord for him because this version of Calamity Jane needed an injection of something stronger than sarsaparilla to stave off the boredom. Women will do almost anything to stave off wrinkles but I gave a wry smile when I read that a collagen drink was a bestseller at a chain of high-street chemists. A sort of shivering gentility had kept her aloof from the rest of her fellow-workers, but it took more than a shivering gentility to stave off Polly. Find more words! 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