Sentence examples for stave by from inspiring English sources

On December 29 2005, a Scottish holiday-maker was beaten with an iron stave by a security guard weary of western revellers.

For the assembly, every second stave is displaced in relation to the adjacent stave by half of its length (Fig. 4c).

The powerful sense of isolation a bewildered 21st century idiot attempts to stave off by bragging about his or her witless exploits on social networks, accompanying each boast with a modish hashtag.

Others, however, insisted that a little generosity by the haves could help stave off jealousy by their have-not friends.

Here, too, President Salva Kiir may feel he can stave off criticism by the patriotic fervour created by fighting a war.

The breadlines of 1929 have been staved off by unemployment insurance," she writes in her introduction.

The intervention of the United States could not be staved off by a last-minute grant of autonomy.

Hunt was uninjured, but the white hat he wore was staved in by a sword and became the symbol of reform.

In our individual tents the bedcovers had been turned down and desert chill staved off by hot-water bottles discreetly tucked into the beds.

Worse trouble has been staved off by seven years of budget restraint, large foreign-exchange reserves and a hefty overseas investment portfolio.

Unless Victory Memorial's closing is staved off by bankruptcy protection, for which it filed a few weeks ago, the hospital will probably treat its last patient next year.