Sentence examples for not to ward from inspiring English sources

The planes were taken from service as a preventive measure, not to ward off some impending catastrophe.

One such investigation into a Sonoma-based "artisan" foie gras producer uncovered ducks so sick they couldn't move, not even to ward off the rats eating them alive.

So at an agitated school board meeting Monday night, parents angrily debated the merits of financing a Hebrew program they do not want to ward off a Hebrew charter they really do not want.

Yet the effect of the films was not limited to ward staff.

Sometimes, though, even a keen fashion sense is not enough to ward off the jibes.

But it's not easy to ward off the effects of a corroding public sector.

But even though Barnes & Noble quickly gained a sizable piece of the e-book market, it was not enough to ward off Amazon.

They're deployed not only to ward off diseases that could wipe out populations jammed together in unsanitary conditions but also to make the animals fatter by altering the bacteria in their guts, slowing their metabolisms.

At Kajitsu, the traditional matcha tea, bright-green and hand-frothed, arrives as an epilogue to the meal, which, unless you're a vegan or a Japanophile, is not guaranteed to ward off cravings for postprandial ice cream.

The Greek tells him that in his country, komboloi are not used to ward off anxiety.

Not even to ward off the ills of skin cancer, although that helps too.