Sentence examples for try to fend off from inspiring English sources
Politicians will try to fend off the changes as long as possible, but they're coming.
Rebels constantly fire machine guns into the air to try to fend off attacking warplanes.
They emphasise dirt-cheap tickets, yet they are also expanding as they try to fend off start-up competitors.
Big Brother housemates would probably try to fend off swathes of the undead by performing a choreographed twerk.
He made his name helping PeopleSoft try to fend off a hostile takeover by Oracle last year.
What a downward spiral it could trigger as the Yankees try to fend off Detroit for the wild card.
In college sports, we only injure ourselves trying to fend off reality.
Firms are trying to fend off intervention by acting first, for example by reducing salt.
The company has also been trying to fend off an unsolicited $4.9 billion takeover offer from ConAgra Foods.
By lowering prices on some meals it is trying to fend off cut-price rivals.
It is also courting Washington, where banks are trying to fend off some types of regulation.
