ward off

How To Use ward off In A Sentence

• A hard-nosed unmoveable man, who sacrifices his lovely daughter to ward off future kidnap threats on his beloved son.
• Maybe it's an apotropaic gesture, maybe one writes to ward off death.
• It's made of a specially coated material covered with zinc anodes to ward off corrosion.
• With the other he seized the top of a wooden packing-box, and holding this in front of his chest and abdomen as a Kaffir would hold his pavise, or rawhide shield, to ward off a thrust from an assagai, he walked straight toward his adversary. With Sabre and Scalpel. The Autobiography of a Soldier and Surgeon
• Also carried were a small life raft and small tent plus some fishing tackle, and a bottle of chemicals to ward off mosquitoes.
• They add that these evolutionary fixes do not ward off an array of problems that arise from our biped stance.
• The new cabs are 75 percent stiffer in construction to ward off squeaks and rattles.
• She shoulders a surprisingly long spear, perhaps to ward off the ardent king, although by that time she had been scarred by smallpox and he had mostly given up his advances.
• One possible explanation is that deep in our ancestral history it was necessary for individuals to band together to ward off tribal invaders. Times, Sunday Times
• That could go a long way toward offsetting public perception that regional carriers are less safe.