Sentence examples for fend off requests from inspiring English sources
LONDON — It's tailgating season, when alumni gather in stadium parking lots to enjoy impromptu picnics, cheer on the college team — and fend off requests for donations.
Mr. Christensen vigorously defended his loyalty to Mrs. Astor, whom he called a close friend, saying he helped her fend off requests for money from her son.
Others, like Gov. Angus King of Maine, fend off requests for extra protection of ports, tank farms and other private sites simply because they cannot afford it.
Their most immediate concern, doctors say, is to try to fend off requests for unnecessary medication from patients who are fearful that any itch or sniffle is a symptom of anthrax.
He's already had to fend off requests that he repaint one of his giant cranes with Northrop's name.
During earlier visits to UCLA, Young said, he had to fend off requests from acquaintances to go to bat for them on campus issues.
He fended off requests to allow a reporter into the dressing room.
Italian officials have been fending off requests from the media and the diplomatic circuit, all looking for a piece of Mr. Monti.
Before agreeing to sell part of the team to Einhorn, Wilpon and Katz fended off requests from other potential buyers that they include a piece of SNY, the cable network in which the Mets have a 70 percent stake.
Read the full review and watch our interview with Bryan Cranston and John Goodman: ★★★☆☆ Michael Caine plays retired British composer Fred Ballinger, currently fending off requests from the Palace to conduct a special Royal Command performance of his early masterpiece Simple Songs.
