Sentence examples for ward off bad from inspiring English sources

You claim that we have a cultural immune system to ward off bad ideas?

But it also allows them to charge smokers up to 50 percent higher premiums to ward off bad risks.

WHEN Carlos Menem was sworn in as a senator in 2005, Argentina's then president, Néstor Kirchner, reached out and tapped a wooden dais to ward off bad luck.

"Can it be that they want to see the cadaver with four bullets in it?" he said, knocking on a wooden table to ward off bad luck.

On a whim, I bought one of those sage bundles to ward off bad energy, the ones you see — and view with skepticism — in health food stores.

2. This diamond and sapphire pendant ($5,460) by the Greek jeweler Ileana Makri is a chic way to ward off bad energy.

— Ernest Ciambarella, Cincinnati Italy's Supreme Court ruled the other day that men can no longer engage in the traditional custom of warding off bad luck by grabbing their crotch in public.

According to the principles of feng shui, bamboo wards off bad chi, so the Japan Society is flush with good energy, as twenty-three artists update the centuries-old tradition of plaiting bamboo and rattan, some with the aid of digital tools.

We take the idea very seriously that charity washes away sins, wards off bad luck, wins us the pleasure of Allah and lands us in Paradise.

In addition, my work in a thriving fast paced environment has increased my tolerance level for all nighters (why sleep when you can be up making milk, feeding milk, changing diapers, and playing super hero who wards off bad guys from dreams?).

Small, protective charms are a great way of warding off bad luck as you go about your daily life.