Sentence examples for ward off fear from inspiring English sources

Jean, the 15-year-old shoplifter in "Coming Attractions," lies to ward off boredom, to ward off fear and to protect her delicate father from distress, whereas Mark, the unemployed singer in "Desert Breakdown, 1968," cherishes an elaborate fantasy in which he becomes a star, goes on stage to take a bow and then delivers a phony childhood reminiscence, designed to humiliate his anxious parents.

I developed rituals to ward off fear of isolation.

Treasury minister Danny Alexander insisted that the government was sticking to its plans to erase the large budget deficit, after reports that ministers were looking at investing an extra £5 billion, or $7.8 billion, on capital projects to ward off fears the economy could fall back into recession.

This will strengthen your self-esteem and can also ward off fears.

Others were keeping watch as well, holding one another to ward off the fear.

The narcocultura — the mausoleums and the music and the baseball caps embroidered with marijuana leaves in Swarovski crystals — is the array of symbols they surround themselves with in order to ward off that fear".

It's truthful, too, about the little games and rituals we invoke at bedtime to ward off our fear of the dark; about that extraordinary moment when your body folds into sleep and you enter a new world.

There is no reason why three little children -conceived after a difficult in vitro procedure -- should have to burn alive in Gaza when their bed sheet catches fire from the light of the candle left by their mother to ward off their fear of the dark.

Days like these remind us that we're not Derrida, and the reminders ward off the occupational hazard we fear the most: that we'll start to take ourselves, or our sex lives (or yours), too seriously.

He said the government was trying to keep Chinese citizens informed and to ward off "irrational fears".

And it is no secret that the plan was originally concocted to ward off a feared challenge from Steve Forbes.