Sentences with forestall
fore·stall
F f - O'Leary made to open the door, but Bunbury forestalled him by laying a hand on his arm. [VERB noun]
- Fred forestalled disaster by his prompt action.
- The survivors had appointed a committee to prepare a statement regarding the disaster, in order to forestall sensational exaggerations.
- Unlike the debate over how to halve carbon emissions over the next four decades or so to forestall dangerous global warming.
- In French, an aspired h forestalls elision.
- To forestall a riot by deploying police.
- If Professor Robinson has chosen to forestall such a request by resigning.