Sentence examples similar to I forestalled from inspiring English sources

As he wrote later to Hooker, "I always thought it very possible that I might be forestalled, but I fancied that I had a grand enough soul not to care".

And I think the totality of the response was aggressive enough that it forestalled what I think would have been a collapse of the financial system and arguably a depression.

I've got a letter from Vronsky! Perhaps I could forestall the need to sacrifice lustful female characters by swirling back to Ephesus around 57 A.D., just before Pentecost, finding Paul, and adding words to a letter to the Corinthians before it is sealed: If they do not have self-control, let them marry, for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

I say "forestall" because neither America nor Israel can fully destroy the Iranian capability to build a nuclear weapon.

I realise I'm only forestalling my visit to the hardcore Mind Body Soul Experience, so I bid Adi Guru goodbye.

Tactically it forestalled any probing of loopholes.

"I do not believe that it forestalls degenerative disease, however," he said.

Finally, in terms of money, I got it: money forestalled disgrace.

Having sensed danger on the drive out when Jeanny had asked, "Where are we having dinner?" I decided to forestall any evening splurges with a snack-as-we-went approach.

I write to forestall any inference that my disagreement with the city is merely over how it accounts for the transfer.

I saw where we were headed, and I was hoping to forestall the M-word for a while so I could get all my ducks lined up in a tight row.