He'd been fit enough to preserve his skin against a madman.

She also tried to preserve the right of her abbey against the Prussian state.

But now the Bush administration wants at least a truce to preserve its global coalition against terrorism.

Its main use was in preserving wooden vessels against rot.

Don't you want to preserve and protect it against the harshness of the earthly life?

He charged his eldest son with preserving it against a possible hour of great need.

Where had he found an answer potent enough to preserve him against the poverty of his life?

And was whatever left of her worth fighting to preserve against the darkness?

Like every doctor, he took an oath to preserve life and guard against medical abuse.

It's a rare second chance to preserve a generation of progress against job discrimination.