Sentence examples for was preventing from inspiring English sources
verb
To stop; to keep (from happening).
- I brushed my teeth to prevent them from going yellow.
Something was preventing it.
"It was preventing us from moving forward and expanding".
Our main goal was preventing the next attack.
He said that Turkey was preventing some fighters from entering Syria.
A lack of infrastructure was preventing start-ups from flourishing in the region.
However, Dr. Gerberding said the overriding concern now was preventing cases and deaths.
Something we couldn't get hold of was preventing us from representing ourselves or defending our rights.
You turn right, but no one was preventing you from going left or straight on.
I asked her if she thought that Louisiana's reputation for corruption was preventing Congress from acting.
Among Amazon's tactics was preventing advance sales, and causing weekslong shipping delays.
But what it was really doing was preventing both men and women from having options.
