| Despite the wet conditions, he successfully warded off the pressure of his chasers, whose ranks were led by Arthur Pic. |
| The ball had to be propelled around, or across, a field so that the crops would flourish and the attacks of the opponents had to be warded off. |
| For days on end, he sequestered himself in his Stockholm headquarters and warded off unwanted visitors. |
| She had warded off passes, flirtatious comments and genuine admiration equivocally and graciously. |
| Rivers are expensive toys: banks have to be maintained, hatcheries built, poachers warded off. |
| Presbyopia, linked to the ageing of the eye, is another disorder that cannot be warded off. |
