Sentence examples for I warded off from inspiring English sources

I warded off the damp chill at Ca' de Vèn, a wine bar housed in a 15th-century tavern, where the barman poured a generous glass of local Sangiovese wine and handed me a wooden board to fill from the complimentary buffet of aperitif snacks: crostini spread with chicken liver pâté, squares of frittata, nuggets of fried pork skin.

I ward off those confused, jealous, self-pitying pangs when a friend reaches a milestone that's light-years ahead of me by reminding myself milestones are forever.

Therefore, it warded off all other forms of taxation.

Get rhythm, it wards off the blues.

I've always warded off guilt with the feeling that I've been generous.

I know it by the way I think I can ward off illness with colour.

I bought bookcases, pots and pans, towels and lamps, hoping that the more settled I became, the more I could ward off my fate unfolding in the headlines.

I was too tired to believe I could ward off any harm coming to me.

I'm hoping that by taking action now, I'm warding off future need for more intensive (and costly) operations like a face-lift.

Let's just say I started putting in requests for brownies so that I could ward off my insomnia.

Its prohibitively low prices warded off competition.