Sentence examples for try and put off from inspiring English sources

It was vital for them to keep firing to try and put off, for as long as possible, the German guns coming in range of the beach and massacring thousands of allied troops".

Republicans have tried several maneuvers to try and put off implementing a new map for this year's midterm elections.

'Joe Fagan told me to try and put them off,' he said yesterday.

Just to try and put them off - and it worked.' Dudek said: 'I started to dance as well.

"One of the things I've learned is, if we try and put sadness off, it just waits.

IMO, Captains like Stockton, Crenshaw and Azinger are basically saying 'we can't win fairly, so we'll whip up the crowd to try and put you off'.

"Let's try and put play-offs in place and discuss a phased delivery of the other options.

Try not to get frustrated and put off your work because then it will pile up and become unmanageable.

If you're somewhere where silence is key or answering the phone is impolite, try to turn off the volume and put off answering unless absolutely necessary.

Greg says he didn't try and put his daughter Tilly off a stunt career.

Many stopped at the General Store to eat 99-cent hotcakes and try to put off believing that winds raging far at sea had just stolen their last week of summer vacation.