Sentence examples for attempted to avert the from inspiring English sources

She attempted to avert the worse of two terrible outcomes: the loss of her daughters' lives along with her own.

While the civil servant Katharine Gun attempted to avert the Iraq war by leaking information about US diplomatic blackmail, provoking international outrage.

As reporter for the constitutional revision committee, he attempted to avert the final confrontation between the president and the legislature, which ended with an executive seizure of dictatorial power.

The bailed-out banks will also be under the spotlight, although Stephen Hester, the chief executive of Royal Bank of Scotland, has already attempted to avert the focus on himself by waiving his 2012 payout following the IT meltdown in the summer.

Attempting to avert the company's collapse, the U.S. government granted Chrysler $1.5 billion in loan guarantees.

Before the last of the late night hosts headed off for a well-deserved break, they spent the week trying to find delicate reactions to the Newtown, Connecticut shooting, attempting to avert the Mayan apocalypse and celebrating the holidays.

Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has attempted to avert strike action by inviting the Head of the Medical Students committee, Johann Malawana, to talks.

Or ask Egyptian telecom authorities, who attempted to avert "chaos" by resorting to the blunt instrument of severed wires; an entire country was disconnected, at least temporarily, from the global network.

The food giant attempted to avert public disquiet over growing obesity, and lawsuits from the porky, by announcing that it would cut the size of snacks and may reduce their fat and sugar content too.

Argentina and other countries attempted to avert a full-scale naval arms race by offering to purchase one of the two dreadnoughts.

In a final drive for 46 yards, Maryland attempted to avert a shutout.