stave off造句

There's no sense of straining to stay awake or to stave off sleep.

The body's weakened immune system and its inability to stave off infections are to blame.

Though there were failures, too, it seemed as if good management could stave off the tragedy.

This will clean the blade, stave off rusting, and add weeks of shaving life.

The Guiyang Evening News said the miners chewed coal to stave off their hunger pangs.

But nor did the West offer Russia a Marshall Plan to stave off a catastrophic collapse in living standards.

It WAS Greece that let public spending rip, lied about it and is now trying to stave off default.

WHILE the developed world tries to stave off a wave of sovereign debt defaults in Europe, the Brazilian economy is partying like it's 2008.

She would make him take a big dose of soda before he went out; soda always helped to stave off a cold.

Tonic food is food which is consumed to improve one's well-being, or stave off sickness, particularly at times when one is more prone to illness.

Those with long-standing problems are being driven to desperate measures. Argentina is nationalising its private pension funds, seemingly to stave off default (see article).

"At what age would you say it's important to start playing games and puzzles to help stave off the effects of age-related deterioration?" I asked.

Take the case of Somalia: America sent troops there in 1992 to help the United Nations stave off a humanitarian catastrophe, but the armed chaos of Mogadishu soon drove it out.

To boost domestic demand is a long-term strategic policy for China's economic growth and the way for us to tackle the financial crisis and stave off external risks.

Yellow ribbons were placed on the end of a bamboo stick or kept in place by a stone on top of the tomb so as stave off wandering ghosts.

To stave off the ravages of the years, they not only spend millions of dollars each year on anti-ageing tonics, potions, vitamins and creams, but also try out various treatments.

Sweet cocktails help to stave off the melancholy of their parting. The graduates sing karaoke to songs by Jennifer Lopez or old Western hits from the days when the wall still stood.

It is worth paying a high price to stave off a liquidity crisis over New Year: better that weak Banks are able to borrow at the same rates as strong ones than that they are not able to borrow at all.