Sentence examples similar to we warded off from inspiring English sources

Susannah insists that only by seeking a "tolerable middle ground" can we ward off "tribal warfare".

So can we ward off the ill effects of jet lag by being more careful about how or when we eat?

"We are happy to have warded off the threat of war, but this was not an equal give-and-take," said Farshad Qorbanpour, a journalist in the reformist camp.

As youngsters, we were told that we could ward off a nuclear attack by hiding under our desks with our heads down.

It's the way we'll find deals, and the way we'll ward off bad ones.

Its prohibitively low prices warded off competition.

Cows warded off the chill of winter.

Therefore, it warded off all other forms of taxation.

But I do know that it's important that we all have our regular checkups with our doctors and try to have some type of physical activity so that we can have a decent level of health, so that we can ward off a lot of the things that happen -- especially in the African-American community.

Measurement is our drug in the business world, because we believe that by measuring everything and sending the good news upstairs to the C-suite we can ward off the bogeyman of business, namely Getting On the Boss's Bad Side.

That feeling that is probably there at all times for all of us but we ward off for reasons that have occupied the minds of philosophers and psychoanalysts for all time.