Sentence examples for stave from from inspiring English sources

They were radical composers, though they didn't know a stave from a semi-quaver.

The missing bassoon line is in the fifth stave from the top.

The bank that received the Nobel prize for its work in fostering socio-economic development from below is fighting to stave off moves from its own government to enforce decisions from above.

Even priests and royalty routinely consumed human body products in an effort to stave off anything from headaches to epilepsy, and from nosebleeds to gout.

Cameron promised the referendum during last year's election as a way to stave off pressure from UKIP and quell dissenting voices from within his conservative party.

French officials, from President Jacques Chirac on down, have tried to stave off panic from the beginning, insisting that the explosion was an accident.

It needs to keep improving to stave off encroachment from the top by Ticketmaster and bottom from EventBrite.

Of course, while Yahoo leadership is not a loss for ideas (which may already represent huge progress from Yahoo Past), implementing those ideas, experimenting and monetizing, while trying to stave off competition from its rivals is a tall order.

Loyalty pledges have in the past been used to stave off candidates from presidential primary ballots.

Now he is fighting to stave off competition from Internet trading services.

This encourages time-wasting lawsuits as a ploy to stave off penalties from broken contracts or other infringements.