Sentence examples for stave from inspiring English sources
The word "stave" is a valid English word. It can be used in a variety of ways. It can be used as a noun referring to one of the several parallel strips of wood or metal that form a side of a barrel, cask, vat, or other container, or a vertical support forming part of a structure. It can also be used as a verb meaning to preserve or keep safe something, or to keep something from happening or being done. Example: "It is important to stave off disaster with proper preparation.".
In a small black rucksack he carries all his possessions: a phone, an old toothbrush, a spare pair of underpants and trousers, and a packet of paracetamol, purchased in a pound shop, to stave off the aches and pains that come from living on the streets.
Its eggs-act (sorry) origin is unclear, but one theory suggests that Lemuel Benedict – socialite, stockbroker, raffish-man-about-town – "invented" eggs Benedict in 1894, when, in an emergency attempt to stave off a hangover, he ordered a combination of toast, bacon, eggs and hollandaise at New York's Waldorf Hotel.
Network Rail chief executive Iain Coucher quit today with a warning that his successor will have to "work hard" to stave off a funding crunch.
In Hagendijk's view these democratic safeguards helped to stave off some of the excesses of new public management style reforms driven by increasing efficiency, marketisation and stronger top-down management until the mid-1990s, when the Act was scrapped.
"It is more of a question of what barrel they can still scrape to find some money to stave off default".
Britain was pulled closer towards a renewed cold war with Russia when David Cameron announced UK military trainers are to be deployed to help Ukraine forces stave off further Russian backed incursions into its sovereign territory.
Gary Johnson scored Aldershot's winner in the first leg but Bolton won the second leg 2-1 at Burnden Park, and with the away-goals rule only counting after extra-time, the home team had a further 30 minutes to stave off relegation.
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