Sentence examples for forestalled in from inspiring English sources

This was forestalled in June 1982 by the Israeli invasion of Lebanon.

One killing happens in a black-out at the rise of the curtain, another at the end of the first act, and the third is unconvincingly forestalled in time for the end of the second (and last) act.

In any event he was forestalled in this ambition by Amundsen, who flew over the pole in Umberto Nobile's airship Norge in May 1926.

While controversial oil pipelines have been forestalled in places like Nebraska because of the organizing of church women and others, the oil companies are now shipping oil via train tanks.

More recently, we have shown that aging-associated declines in motor coordination, grip strength, balance, and agility are delayed, attenuated, and/or prevented in aging GHR-KO mice (Arum et al., 2013) and that aging-associated declines in blood glucose regulatory homeostasis and dynamics are blunted or forestalled in aging GHR-KO mice (Arum et al., 2014).

To forestall: In an attempt to avoid a U.N. showdown, international leaders are encouraging Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas to submit a letter of recognition, placing an official vote on statehood on hold.

In some cases step three may be forestalled if the confidant in step two responds with constructive advice rather than scorn: "Have you considered … ?

China's massive stimulus programme may have forestalled disaster in the migrant-labour force.

They had designedly forestalled Ross in his chosen field between the 120th and 150th meridians east.

But signs of a break with the West are emerging, and officials close to the Serbian prime minister, Vojislav Kostunica, are advocating a closer relationship with Russia, the ally that has forestalled attempts in the Security Council to grant Kosovo independence.

Far from giving rivals a "free ride", Telstra appears intent on using every trick possible to forestall competition in markets in which it does not have a natural monopoly.