Sentence examples for attempt to avoid war from inspiring English sources

Everett was an active participant in advancing the unsuccessful Crittenden Compromise in a last-ditch attempt to avoid war during the early months of 1861.

The deal had conservative commentators freaking out, saying that Obama was the second coming of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, who infamously let Hitler take parts of Czechoslovakia in a failed attempt to avoid war.

Obama hasn't attempted to avoid war; he has merely redefined it.

Attempting to avoid war, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain arranged a series of meetings, the result of which was the Munich Agreement, signed on 29 September 1938.

Avoid getting drunk in an attempt to avoid work colleagues.

We may not always be able to avoid war, particularly if it is thrust upon us, but Congress must not attempt to give away the authority to determine when war is to be declared.

In late December, after the Saudi intelligence officer was said to have visited Baghdad, Prince Saud dismissed the reports, but added that "inter-Arab contacts, whether in secret or in the open, have not stopped and all Arab states are involved in the attempt to avoid the war".

To avoid war Benavides returned the territory to Colombia.

Eisenhower strove to avoid war at any cost.

Part of our responsibility is seeking to avoid war.

"We want to avoid war!" Ryan peeps at one point.