Sentence examples for avert by from inspiring English sources

And exactly what emergency will I avert by having a cellphone?

Some said they feared that spreading rumors might cause the damage they would have hoped to avert by blowing the whistle.

"It is precisely this that we intend to avert by means of the legal protection we are seeking, while at the same time trying to protect the image and honour, both of our father and, in general, of our family".

The most important threat to his plans was Russian support for Maria Theresa, which he hoped to avert by judicious bribery in St . Petersburgand by exploiting the confusion that was likely to follow the imminent death of the empress Anna.

That is an eventuality that we must avert by every possible means, which is why we must try to achieve a new European agreement.

A tragedy was averted by a whisker".

"It is averted by the proper sacrifice of an animal".

A murder is averted by a shopping cart.

Many of these could be averted by IUDs.

In all cases, total failure was averted by government intervention.

They were only averted by big reductions in electricity use.