Sentence examples for cushion him from inspiring English sources

Like the detective in Otto Preminger's classic film noir "Laura" who falls for a woman he knows only through a portrait and other traces, Doug falls hard, though without the benefit of some memorable David Raksin theme music to cushion him.

But, unlike his predecessor Sir Alex Ferguson, David Moyes does not have two decades of unprecedented success to cushion him from the criticisms which would have come his way had his team lost this tie.

A mother's natural instinct to protect and redefine traditions could not cushion him from the weight of his culture.

Lord Wilton held Huskisson's hands and arms steady, while Lord Colville supported his head on his knees and tried to cushion him from the vibration of the train.

Because of a rare birth defect in which his kidneys didn't form properly, her son was not urinating in the womb, which meant that there wasn't enough amniotic fluid in his sac to cushion him and allow him to develop normally.

The bags cushioned him; he was hospitalized, but alive.

Such advantages have cushioned him, especially in the rural provinces, from a series of scandals.

Mervyn often confessed that "my real mother was Nanny" – an uneducated, working-class woman who cushioned him from what he perceived as a strange and lonely world.

Although Muraa has made investments that have cushioned him against the blows of a deeply depleted income, those at the lower end of the food chain have not been so lucky.

The weather-monitoring and climate-smart agriculture techniques he has learnt cushioned him against the blow El Niño has dealt.

Sweet, warbly music (by Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs) cushions him like an extra layer of winter clothing, signaling the unhurried pleasure of play taken as seriously as work.