Sentence examples for could not ward off from inspiring English sources

But the Rangers could not ward off the letdown.

The Pop Music Center in Sheffield lowered its fee to $7, from $11, but still could not ward off collapse, according to Mr. Anderson, its spokesman.

Last-minute concessions by the finance and labour ministries, including a 104-rupee rise in unskilled workers' daily minimum wage, could not ward off the strike against what unions said were the "anti-worker and anti-people" policies of Narendra Modi's government.

But she couldn't ward off an assault by conservative legislators on NSF's political science research.

It does not ward off leukemia, though.

However, it does not ward off the threat to ethical rationalism.

And for the record, it did not ward off intoxication.

Even eating just vegetables or fruits alone will not ward off hunger.

In the past, even marrying Philip Roth--or actually being Philip Roth-hasn't warded off Philip Roth's fictionalizing eye.

But Dr. David Colbert, a New York City dermatologist, said, "While a lot of the ingredients in these products could potentially ward off insects, this is a prophylactic measure, not a treatment".

Some researchers think their filtering could help ward off future brown tide blooms as well.