forestall

She held up one of her own to forestall him.

To forestall another question, he asked one of his own.

Then she held up her hands to forestall a response.

I tried to forestall the expected response from the class.

She was quick to forestall him, the moment he came in.

The purpose of the campaign against them was to forestall action from the start.

She held up one hand to forestall the next obvious question.

Should he come here, we shall be able to forestall him.

Unfortunately, she had enough support to forestall me, as well.

It was too late now to forestall the man who had gone toward the front street by way of the window.

We must act in a responsible way to forestall this very real problem.

That will hardly be enough to forestall another world war.

He took action 10 days ago just to forestall such disappointment.

He held up his hand to forestall the other man's protest.

He had carried it in before I could forestall him.

The King held up a hand to forestall her protest.

Thus far she had been able to forestall any visits from him.

But it is in our hands to try and do what we can to forestall the known causes at least.

Perhaps by being somewhere else they could forestall that visit.

He held up his hand to forestall her objections before she could voice them.

Because if I give you asylum then nothing will be able to forestall a war.

It was as if the man had raised his fingers to forestall my being hit.

He wondered if the Americans would get him out quickly enough to forestall it.

It could, however, forestall the death of the prisoners for a while at least.

He raised a hand to forestall any further comments or questions.