Sentence examples for cannot forestall from inspiring English sources

But so is our sense of Butley's slide into the ever-enveloping wilderness that, Mr. West reveals, even this most accomplished of wits cannot forestall.

Rate cuts cannot forestall foreclosures, turn bad loans into good ones or undo the worse effects of the housing bust on consumer spending.

"While it is difficult to determine with precision when the breakpoint will be reached … a major deleveraging must occur at some point — it cannot be forestalled forever," the report says.

Because schistosomules may require up to 8 weeks to mature, early postexposure treatment with praziquantel cannot be used to forestall disease after primary infection.

Water-science and engineering groups such as the American Society of Civil Engineers make the case that the U.S. infrastructure crisis is severe enough that local communities cannot solve it alone; they suggest that federal investment is crucial to forestall significant costs in emergency repair and business losses.

Most assignments in historical thrillers are futile: readers know what's coming, while those characters who suspect the worst cannot fully comprehend the looming cataclysm even as they risk their lives trying to forestall it.

Christmas comes not to ratify wealth or measure prosperity but to brighten the hungry darkness of winter, to offer warmth in the dire cold, to signal spiritual and physical renewal, to forestall for a few days and nights what the rest of the year cannot promise to forestall.

Or are we simply trying to forestall the shock of huge bankruptcies and layoffs at a moment when the economy cannot take another hit?

The importance of being in the top five next week cannot be overstated, because a victory in the Tour Championship by anyone in that group would forestall any arcane mathematical computations and guarantee that the winner would also win the Cup.

We therefore conclude that prevention of filicide cannot remain the task of psychiatry alone, but health care and society at large must work to forestall the danger of filicide.

But that may just forestall the inevitable.