Sentence examples for was able to avert from inspiring English sources

She yelled and the kid came running, and the manager was able to avert panic.

But Oviedo and Wasmosy had a subsequent falling out, leading to a rebellion in April 1996, when only strong diplomatic pressure was able to avert a military coup.

When it found itself in a similar financial situation last year, Mr. Bloomberg was able to avert layoffs by eliminating raises for teachers and principals for two years.

The writer describes how U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan was able to avert war with Iraq last February by limiting the number of inspections there.

With New Jersey set to receive at least $1 billion in federal stimulus funds for education, Mr. Corzine was able to avert overall cuts in school aid, and he proposed spending $25 million of that money to start the state's planned preschool expansion into more than 80 working- and middle-class districts, where 3- and 4-year-olds will be entitled to full-day programs.

I didn't crash because I was able to avert her car.

"We were able to avert a major catastrophe," he said.

"They were able to avert a real cycle of violence," he said.

You may be able to avert the worst even if your laptop is stolen.

Will the Twins, without the astute Tom Kelly as their manager, be able to avert contraction?

They might, by attaching rocket motors to the incoming rock, or nudging its orbit with nuclear explosions, even be able to avert disaster.