Sentence examples for were avoided but from inspiring English sources

As demands for electricity set records and came perilously close to supply limits, widespread blackouts were avoided, but power managers declared emergencies and imposed voltage reductions from Maine to Virginia, while public officials and utilities warned of overloads.

Waste of time, repetition, overlapping of subjects, are to be avoided, but are not always easy of avoidance.

Death cannot be avoided – but it can be eased.

This was avoided but that was the sum total of Moeen's achievements with the bat.

Hence disruptions must be avoided, but, when a disruption is unavoidable, minimizing its severity is mandatory.

War is appalling and mostly to be avoided, but it has a grim fascination.

They can't be avoided, but maybe they can be made bearable.

A head injury may be avoided but a neck or spinal injury can still result.

The violence many had feared was avoided, but this should not be cause for complacency.

The wage-price spiral of the 1970s has been avoided, but the income shock is painful.

Overly vegetative, unripe flavors are, of course, to be avoided, but fear not the green.