Sentence examples for need to repel from inspiring English sources

You need to repel the wind.

Doubtless, they were persuaded – as was I – by the need to repel what appeared to be an imminent threat from Muammar Gaddafi to slaughter the civilians of Benghazi.

"Although I do not support British soldiers fighting on the ground, we have to do everything else we can to provide the Kurds with the equipment they need to repel attacks and to stop Isis and its medieval barbarism.

Malevich, in his need to repel the idea of an "object", asked indignantly, "Is a milk bottle, then, the symbol of milk?" I am not quite sure why he was so enraged by this kind of thought.

We also are introduced to Don Pietro (Fabrizi), the local Catholic priest who makes common cause with the anti-clerical resistance because the need to repel the invader trumps all other concerns.

Looking forward, Labour needs to repel the coalition's insistence that "there is no alternative".

Imperva executives say the Vatican's defenses held up because, unlike Sony and other hacker targets, it invested in the infrastructure needed to repel both break-ins and full-scale assaults.

Hydrophobic coatings, like Teflon, are then needed to repel the water and stream it as quickly as possible to a reservoir so it does not evaporate.Mr Chhatre, a chemist, studied the so-called "wettability" of various coatings and found mathematical formulae which could determine the ideal combination of coatings for the different sizes of fog particles found in any particular region.

However, the North Korean Great Naktong Offensive delayed these plans, as the brigade was needed to repel one more North Korean crossing of the Naktong River.

Zombies will be swarming your fortress almost constantly, so you'll need strong walls to repel them.

By January, Mr. Esser knew he needed something dramatic to repel Vodafone's bid.