| 单词 | prevent |
| 例句 | Just as Link had warned, the segregationists were heating up their campaign to prevent Ernie, who was a senior, from graduating. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z As black fought against black, Alexandra was sealed off by armoured vehicles and soldiers, to prevent the violence and carnage from spilling into the suburbs, where whites were buying shotguns and rifles. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z When they stopped outside the garden gate she tried to dismount hastily and he had to catch her hand, wrenching her arm back painfully, to prevent her from falling. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Myriad laws, rules, and regulations discriminate against people with criminal records and effectively prevent their meaningful reintegration into the mainstream economy and society. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z If his plane was going down, Louie was under orders to fire his Colt .45 into the bombsight to prevent it from falling into enemy hands, then see about saving himself. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z I am willing to say I was glad they were scared, for it prevented them from taking action. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z The world was spinning around me, so maybe the alcohol in my blood would prevent my survival instinct from kicking in, and I could drown peacefully without all that unnecessary flailing and screaming. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z To prevent the virus from spreading, the library where Elizebeth worked had shut down for four weeks, and people were required to wear masks in public places. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “Well, then, you need not be under any alarm. I will take care of myself, and of Mr. Wickham too. He shall not be in love with me, if I can prevent it.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z The man was forced to hug the tree, and his hands were tied to prevent him from letting go. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z At once he withdrew from me, holding out his arm to prevent my speaking. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “Yes. That is how I witnessed what happened to my people. If only I had foreseen what was to come, I might have been able to prevent it. To save at least some of them...” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z One of his friends came up with the phrase “health epidemic,” and they were going on to the parents and lifeguards that we needed to be ejected to prevent an outbreak at the pool. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Aware of the racial violence taking place throughout the nation, the union had posted armed guards around the church to prevent the meeting from being disrupted. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z When a union organized to represent black workers there, local black professional men sought to prevent the move, which they said would hurt race and labor relations. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z It was not the inadequacy of the machine but the Rad Lab’s inattention and its narrow focus that prevented the lab from winning credit for them. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z This enabled the ecosystem to develop checks and balances that prevent lions and sharks from wreaking too much havoc. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t lay a hand on them, prevented as if by a charm. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Thinking that I could be jailed for such behaviour if the police were ever to get wind of it did not prevent me from being spontaneous. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “But I fear I am being held responsible because I did not prevent it and I cannot cure it The tree has only a few weeks of life left unless ...” “Unless what?” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z I completely agreed with this, but I did not see why that ought to prevent us from fighting in the only realm in which we now could fight. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Tyler tried to curl Dad’s fingers, to elongate the tendons and prevent the deformity from becoming permanent, but Dad couldn’t bear the pain. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Hoping to prevent another war, the world leaders gave in to Hitler’s demands. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z When he pushed open the bedroom door, he could not prevent it from scraping against the uneven floor. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z I searched my memory for a sign, some way I could have prevented it. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Muggle-repelling charms prevent trespassers into the forests where centaurs and unicorns live and on the lakes and rivers set aside for the use of merpeople. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Upon completion of the game, the Referee must immediately remove the chess pieces from the table to prevent analysis. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “In addition, my valve has been misbehaving and has prevented me from bending over to reach the lower drawers.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He seems pleased with it and throws around phrases like “controlling edema” and “preventing knee flexion contracture.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z I would never have to eat rationed food, or obey curfews, or watch riots from my rooftop, or hide neighbors in water tanks to prevent them from being shot, as she and my father had. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z He wore dark laced shoes made from a kind of canvas, with thick, textured soles that Claire assumed prevented him from slipping on the wet deck of the vessel. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z To prevent their getting separated and wandering in different directions they went in file, with Frodo leading. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z If it was not possible to prevent them, then the guards must raise the village for help. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Of course, she could have prevented the watch from being broken if she had only believed me when I told her that I was going to break it. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z He was exercising all his willpower to prevent himself succumbing again to Voldemort’s rage: His scar was still burning. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Camp prisoners, who were not allowed to speak to the new prisoners, roughly shaved off all their body hair to help prevent lice. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z Avert means “prevent,” “ward off,” or “turn away.” Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z However, widespread local mistrust of the regime in Alexandria prevented the new calendar from being wholly implemented. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Walking down the passage, I told Maurice how his unexpected appearance might have prevented Rosy from assaulting me. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Consider: How I needed a comfortable evil to prevent my knowing what I could not bear to know. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z By three billion years ago, a number of one-celled plants had joined together, perhaps because a mutation prevented a single cell from separating after splitting in two. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z But Mr Cardinal's columns did not prevent him being a frequent visitor at the house; indeed, his lordship never forgot that the young man was his godson and always treated him as kin. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z She could prevent pastoral approval of a marriage, if she wanted to. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “He volunteered to do whatever he could to prevent it.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The only thing I really came up with was the importance of preventing the close encounter between my Polish neighbor and his John Deere from happening. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Tillie confided to her lawyer that she wanted to prevent Morrison from inheriting her estate and to rescind his guardianship of her children. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Several factors conspired to prevent Hooke building on the achievements described in Micrographia to the extent that he might have done. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z They were hemming the Orcs in, preventing them from scattering, and driving them along the line of the river. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Although he received his calling at his lowest and poorest, he tells Theo, as an old proverb says, “Poverty prevents good minds succeeding.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z But somehow the pulse of current smashing through my body prevented me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z In his view no royal policy could prevent settlers’ seizure of Indigenous land. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z Food had become so scarce that each prisoner was issued a monthly meal ticket, which was punched when he went through the food line to prevent the possibility of someone going through the line twice. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z He could prevent anyone from speaking to me or writing to me. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z His grandfather was prevented from voting by Klan intimidation. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Harry could do nothing to prevent it, he was tied too tightly. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z But 1 also made up lies to prevent bad things from happening in the future. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Feet cut off to prevent escape and hands cut off to stop theft. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z And don’t think the Malfoy name will prevent me inflicting punishment. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z For instance, all cultivated peas share the same recessive gene that prevents ripe pods of cultivated peas from spontaneously popping open and spilling their peas, as wild pea pods do. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Factions and splinter groups had for years prevented Rome from taming the eastern territories. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z From behind, Chess saw the exact moment Finn’s shoulders sagged, as if a terrifying idea had just hit him: What could Mom do to prevent someone from selling the house if she wasn’t even there? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Their arrangement among the crates prevented her from seeing his face but she knew his expression. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z This, however, had not prevented Beans from climbing the stairs to the bathroom no fewer than three times during the party. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z For my mother’s part, the fact that this man didn’t particularly want a family with her, was prevented by law from having a family with her, was part of the attraction. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Was there any way to prevent what she had seen from happening? Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Most culturists, like George, were biologists; they knew nothing about preventing contamination. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z An invisible barrier prevented me from accidentally running off the edge of the track and plummeting into the starry abyss. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z He was convinced that if anyone tried to assassinate him, these two stocky morons would be powerless to prevent it, but he trusted that their presence would at least scare off spontaneous detraaors. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “And on top of that, we prevented the end of Time,” said Mini. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Though this mind-set prevented the Indians from contributing much to geometry, it had another, unexpected effect. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z I had safeguard after redundant safeguard in place to prevent detection. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z She had one foot outside, the other inside, against the door, to prevent it from springing shut. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z To prevent this, white lawmakers enacted a measure in 1765 banning groups of three or more blacks from gathering for any reason. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z It was as though, in the special neuropathology of rabies, the switch had been prevented from turning. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z If he wasn’t praying, he was working, always under “adequate supervision” to prevent his vanishing like a wild creature into the trees. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “Why this failure? Could it have been prevented? What lessons could be drawn from our experiences that would enable others to avoid similar failures?” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z They were prevented from even applying to many colleges and universities. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z She had folded it twice and fastened it with three staples to prevent our reading it. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I couldn’t do much to prevent that, or even to see where I would go if I bounced off. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The great contemporary achievement of modern medicine is the technology for controlling and preventing bacterial infection, but this did not fall into our laps with the appearance of penicillin and the sulfonamides. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “That’s the one,” said Harry, foreseeing a great danger and determining to prevent it immediately. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z She tried to prevent the shrillness that crept into her voice. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Nathan,” Wind Being said, “this ice barrier was created by Mother Water Monster to prevent passage between the worlds. You’ll have to sing for us to pass.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Only time, a prudish veil of hours, prevented her brother from seeing her as she had been. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He met an invisible barrier that prevented him coming within an inch of it. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z And you might be preventing it from happening again. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The cages had elaborate bolts on the doors to prevent fiddling by primate fingers. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I refused to believe that they had the power to prevent the world’s end but had chosen to leave the decision up to a sixteen-year-old nobody. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Kendra leaned to prevent the boat from capsizing, and the boat abruptly rocked the other way. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Faced with no crisis of action and with nothing to prevent them from continuing their life in the warren as before, the rabbits were nevertheless overcome by the conviction that their luck was gone. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Adding to the risk was the fact that no one knew how to prevent an attack or what to do if the piranhas did strike. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z Gallatin, she observed, “that specious, subtle, spare Cassius, that imported foreigner,” was guilty of treasonable behavior by delivering speeches or introducing amendments “that obstruct their cause and prevent their reaching their goals.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z She jumped up from her chair to prevent him toppling to the floor. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He tries to smile, but his split lip prevents him. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Even one misgiving about what coven you were placed in could spell disaster—could prevent your coven from closing. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z My mother hoped her gift would prevent other families from having to go through what we’d suffered. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z They’re like yield signs that help separate your ideas and prevent pileups. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z In an effort to prevent Nazis from ever coming to power again, the Allies ordered German civilian courts to hold “de-Nazification” trials to identify ardent Nazis. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Hitler had stood hatless at the Olympic site that afternoon, listening quietly as Werner March explained that the horse-racing track adjoining the old stadium prevented a major expansion. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Their angles had prevented their seeing that particular fissure in the rocks. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z We are really not all that good at preventing disease or preserving health—not yet anyway— and we are not likely to be until we have learned a great deal about disease mechanisms. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z On our flight to Moscow, Farmer told me that the World Bank was planning to make a loan to Russia to help prevent a full-blown TB epidemic. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z While you were logged in, you could walk or run in any direction and the sphere would rotate around and beneath you, preventing you from ever touching the wall. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “No. What I was doing all day was trying to fix your mistakes. I was trying to prevent our family from being kicked out of the country.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z “If you knew the world was going to end, and you alone had the power to prevent it, would you?” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z And if we don’t know how it happened to her, how can we prevent it from happening to someone else? The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Is it more strained than claims that the skepticism of onlookers systematically prevents the occurrence of certain paranormal phenomena? Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Nor can the water evaporate; the clay layers atop the sand press down and prevent air from coming in. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Bobby couldn’t understand why the chief arbiter didn’t prevent this muttering, since it was forbidden by the rules, and he told the organizers that Tal should be thrown out of the tournament. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z They drew the skin-covers over their boats to prevent them from being flooded, and drifted on; little could be seen before them or about them through the grey falling curtains. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z If it’s meant to happen, nothing will prevent it. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Policemen have thrown a cordon around the compound to prevent new arrivals from entering. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “This ordeal was the most terrible torture,” she said, “as it prevented my sleeping for more than a few minutes at a time.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z He did not react, except to continue struggling against whatever force prevented him from seizing her. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z But that doesn't prevent me from feeling the sharp stab of pain as the needle inserts the metal tracking device deep under the skin on the inside of my forearm. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z It was all Shasta could do to prevent himself from shouting out similar instructions; but he thought, "The poor chap's doing all he can already," and held his tongue. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z She touched his hand to prevent him from opening his wallet. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Baldwin’s head was between his legs to prevent himself from throwing up or passing out. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Harry had no answers: There were moments when he wondered whether it had been outright madness not to try to prevent Voldemort breaking open the tomb. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “Well,” he said, “in any case I don’t propose to be wicked any longer. It is a king's business to prevent bloodshed if be can, not to provoke it.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Mushie immediately took one and stuck it in his mouth, and it was only by throwing my body over the pills that I prevented him from eating them all. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z What, if anything, could we have done to prevent it? Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z And when she died, her remains were to be burnt in the prison yard, to prevent her spirit from wandering into any young innocent bodies. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Today Deirdre is alone, knees wobbling, and crying because, as much as she wants to believe in better days, her job prevents her from doing so. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “You may think salt is sufficient protection, but you children are forgetful. Better to go without. As for dancing, once begun, you mortals will dance yourselves to death if we don’t prevent it.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The hilt of the sword jammed in the wolf’s lower jaw, wedging the jaw open and preventing it from ever closing. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z “Find Ariadne’s string and prevent Luke from using it.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The girl boldly seized the other side of his lunch tray, to prevent him from leaving. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It moves up past his knees and it’s coming faster now—he has to plant his feet more firmly to prevent them from being swept out from under him. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z After the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, black women were still prevented from voting in many states because of white supremacist laws already in place. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z He would be careful to send out flank security, to prevent straggling or bunching up, to keep his troops moving at the proper pace and at the proper interval. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z It was all she could do to prevent herself from taking the paperweight and flinging it out of the window. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z "Words of a brave man, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you, Mr. Trellis. It's clear your actions might have prevented additional violence." How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z They both felt there was a certain strength in numbers, and again, if the man wanted to use the phone occasionally, who were they to prevent him from communicating with the outside world? Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Graham’s attempts to prevent a Decker from riding his motorcycle off the Williamsburg Bridge only got himself killed. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z It had frequently been criticized by defense lawyers for almost never finding serious mental disabilities that would prevent defendants from going to trial. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z A few hours later, Strauss called him back, determined to prevent Lawrence’s “illness” from spreading. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z He had a delicate stomach, so he needed to eat yogurt with whatever we served to prevent it from blowing up in his belly. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z He held one hand carefully over the area where he’d been bitten; the other clutched his stomach as if that would prevent what Thomas now felt was an inevitable barf. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z He became hysterical, kicking and scuffling, and Hazel, who was behind him, had difficulty in preventing a fight. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I keep my mouth sealed to prevent myself from gasping for air; I force my breathing into a steady rhythm. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z His inability to straighten his knees all the way may have been the culprit, preventing him from locking his forelegs in the upright position. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The board was just high enough to prevent the eyas from falling out. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z This insect infests about a third of Africa, posing a menace to human health and preventing the keeping of livestock in an area of some 4% million square miles of wooded grasslands. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z A large wooden roof covered the area so that rain would not prevent a gathering, and in the cold months the enclosing sides would be slid into place. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z “I will do what I can to prevent the circus from going up in smoke. I shall fireproof it as much as possible. Is that enough for now?” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Nothing in physics prevents you from traveling as close to the speed of light as you like; 99.9 percent of the speed of light would be just fine. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked at the iron grilles on their windows, which prevented people from breaking in. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z The energy field enclosing the roof prevents any desperate form of escape. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “Dearest niece,” said my father, “dry your tears. If she is, as you believe, innocent, rely on the justice of our laws, and the activity with which I shall prevent the slightest shadow of partiality.” Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z Washington recognized the improvement, congratulating Hamilton for rendering him “with less egotism,” meaning the Hamilton draft covered the wounds, or at least prevented the president from displaying them too conspicuously. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z A bad case of flu has prevented me from writing to you until today. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z The great thing about human language is that it prevents us from sticking to the matter at hand. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It creates a massive vapor lock, as it were, in mammalian fuel lines: The body is prevented from turning what it eats into a source of usable energy. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Then, ah, if I may be so bold, what’s to prevent the Yankees from attacking you?” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She simply liked to feel that she was prevented from leaving, that she was needed. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Harry had the impression Black was making no effort to prevent this. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z “If you know this,” said Billy, “isn’t there some way you can prevent it? Can’t you keep the pilot from pressing the button?” Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z To prevent them from reading his mind, he wore a tinfoil hat at all times. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z “Keep a clear head. And remember, you may be about to prevent the biggest war in human history.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Shackles to prevent a person from absconding, from moving their hands, or to suspend a body in the air for a beating. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z You may have destroyed my chances of using Cedric to darken the world but maybe you’re right, Scorpius—maybe prophecies can be prevented, maybe prophecies can be broken. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z Authorities were determined to prevent a lynch mob from storming the District of Columbia jail. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I, David Lightman, a teenage computer geek from suburban Seattle, had single-handedly prevented the end of human civilization. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z To prevent urine and feces from coming into contact with the boy’s wounds, he carried the cell’s chamber pot to Shin and hoisted him up so he could use it. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z “Instead I’ll assume it translates directly into the name of the disease: ‘nemserria,’ thus preventing any unnecessary strain on our friendship.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Would you believe it, Lizzy, that when he went to town last November, he really loved me, and nothing but a persuasion of my being indifferent would have prevented his coming down again!” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z “Why did you prevent him? For I would have heard from his own lips why he killed my father!” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Fact: Companies pump the bag with nitrogen gas to prevent the chips from becoming potato crumbs, proven by my experiment in the third grade. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z She had planned to discuss the matter right there and then, but she understood suddenly that the strength of her bitterness might prevent her from saying what she really meant. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z He saw to it that all the sheep entered through the ruined gate, and then laid some planks across it to prevent the flock from wandering away during the night. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Armed patrols scouted country lanes and byways to prevent “diseased and infectious Persons from coming into this Borough.” An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z It’s an attempt to set a backfire to his own empathy—whatever it takes to prevent his conscience from burning him alive. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “Just putting the container outside prevents them from becoming imps?” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The crib had high, slatted sides to prevent the child from getting out. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z “He met Arthur at Dover and fought a battle to prevent the landing. It was a bad engagement, half on sea and half on land, but the king woo. He won to land.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The police and soldiers were in the city to prevent the widespread looting everyone had heard about. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z He wanted to be sure to prevent the two-handed set. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z They prevented people with feeble eyes from learning to see the world on their own. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z A judge had agreed and issued an order preventing Mrs. Thomason and her mothers’ group from interfering. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Long strolls were her favorite pastime, and that particular afternoon, the temperature was breezy enough to prevent her from getting too hot in her coat and head scarf. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z His eyes had a wide-open, staring look, as though he could not prevent himself from gazing at something in the middle distance. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z If she ever tried to do that, she was to be prevented, and he was to be told because all the anger in his nature had turned against her now. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “We had to put your daughter in a body cast. She’s growing. We want to prevent one leg from ending up shorter than the other. We hope it will work.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z She can state the cause first or the effect first, and the causal force can either make something happen or prevent it from happening. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z “But get him where I will, could I prevent his coming back?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z They were so eager to get going that their parents were having to hold them back by force to prevent them from climbing over the gates. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z Presenting them with public duties, those opponents stated, would prevent women from carrying out their all-important responsibilities in the home. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z A neglected Levy Pants was like a neglected child: it could turn out to be a delinquent, something that created all sorts of problems that a little nurture, a little care and feeding could prevent. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The enemy, he says, is "confined to a comparatively small area," and the military will prevent them from escaping. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z This was to prevent a backflow of contaminated air from coming into the staging room. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Burger reminded him that they hadn't done anything against the United States, and by going to the FBI, they were doing everything in their power to prevent the men from committing any acts of sabotage. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z He had sat down again, but in such a place so as to prevent me from bolting. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z The trick was to refuse to allow your pain to prevent you from living honorably. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The 588th was sent to help prevent the Germans from taking over the Caucasus region between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, an important source of oil for the USSR. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Apparently his disapproval of the way Ludo Bagman ran his department did not prevent him from wanting to make a good impression. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The sea barrier prevented not just humans but also many other Afro-Asian animals and plants from reaching this ‘Outer World’. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z It was as if the universe understood this and was trying to prevent the blasphemy of my going. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z And now she was very conscious that she ought to have prevented them.—She felt that she had been risking her friend’s happiness on most insufficient grounds. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z Now it was directed at preventing other people from hurting us. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z The plutonium is inside a bunch of pellets, each one sealed and insulated to prevent radiation leakage, even if the outer container is breached. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Johnson had known all along that American intervention would be necessary to prevent the fall of the South. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z A form was near—what form, the pitch-dark night and my enfeebled vision prevented me from distinguishing. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z For once I was glad of the privacy of the deep sunbonnet that Mother made me wear to prevent freckling. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Only the horror of having to go near him had prevented Soaphead from completing his mission. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a strange sensation, paddling over the man’s yard; the usual barrier that would prevent one from guiding a vehicle up to the house was gone. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “Charms to prevent it being summoned magically, you know.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “As the world collapses around us, it is learning and culture that will prevent us from becoming barbarians.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Statement upon statement echoed the cry of one real estate agent, who challenged neighbors to “stand together block by block and prevent such invasion.” A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Dustfinger couldn’t prevent something like pride from creeping into his voice. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z I wet the brush and rearranged the tube of paste to prevent my parents from asking any questions, and fell asleep with sugar on my tongue. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z She tortured herself with the idea that they might capture him alive, and invoked the spirit of her grandmother to ask her to prevent that from happening. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It was traditional to put a stone in the mouth of a person who had been murdered, to prevent him from speaking to the living if he returned as a ghost. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z By April 21 Olmsted was again confined to bed “with sore throat, an ulcerating tooth, and much pain preventing sleep.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “Her buoyant spirit and the essential reserve of her nature prevented our knowing how much she dwelt on the past.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Negative liberty,” he said, “is the freedom from external obstacles or constraints. An individual is free in this sense if they are not physically prevented from taking action.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Yet the memory of the harsh sound of his murmured speech in the room below prevented Kira from asking him about the singing child. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The Clanker Lords had devised a stratagem to prevent that; they chained their troops together in groups of ten, wrist to wrist and ankle to ankle. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z When he was completely cast down she would prevent him from ever rising again by holding before him the evidence of his blood-guilt. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z They have no compulsion to prevent one coming to harm through an extraneous agency such as gamma rays. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Then, when at last he felt himself slowing down, he threw out his hands and came to a halt in time to prevent himself from falling face forward out of the Weasleys’ kitchen fire. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I never let the memory of something painful prevent me. from trying something new. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z They had fenced off the parallel faces of each dee with a grid of fine tungsten wires to prevent the electrical field from impinging within the dees while allowing the particle beam to pass through. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z We can prevent the people fighting wars or staffing emergency rooms or policing the streets from making mistakes. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z He placed an economic embargo on Cuba, one that prevented any US citizen or company from doing business on the island. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Only the Dean’s threat of immediate expulsion prevented me from engaging in a fistfight that day. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Sophie dug her nails into the sides of the pocket, trying to prevent herself from tumbling out when she was upside down. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Surnames are just an additional means of identification, useful only to prevent confusion in official records. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z And as they thrust forward, jostling and desperate, the Gallivespians flew down and darted to and fro in front of them, to prevent them from crowding too close. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z A number of predators — wolves, pumas, and coyotes — prevented the deer from outrunning their food supply. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z As Schindler strolled past us in conversation with a German officer, I suddenly felt that I must do something, anything, to prevent our being sent back. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z These early equation-laws were extremely good at expressing simple relationships, but equations have limitations—their constancy, which prevented them from being universal laws. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Only one idea remained to him—Bigwig must be prevented from going out, for he was helpless. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z When she moved slightly, the great muscles of her nether cheeks rippled to life to prevent the stool from leaning and tottering even an inch. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Mother played along nicely, Father looked on stonily, and Ravi was mercifully absent because of a cricket match, which did not prevent him from commenting at great length on the event. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z It’s a queen-sized bed, and there’s a fairly sizable gap between us, but it doesn’t prevent me from feeling the warmth of her body. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z I drew a dorsal fin on top and an anal fin on the bottom, to prevent the shark from rolling side to side when it was moving forward. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Mere inspection of the DNA X-ray picture should prevent a number of false starts. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z He knew what Snape was going to do and he had never been able to prevent it... Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z It would not have come as a surprise to Gregor if she had not come in, since his position was preventing her from opening the window immediately. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z The war is waged by each ruling group against its own subjects, and the object of the war is not to make or prevent conquests of territory, but to keep the structure of society intact. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z She had been delighted to see her brother again, but that did not prevent her from exaggerating her feelings to avoid her sister’s accusing question. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z But this couldn’t last—there was no way to stop other people copying the instrument and no way to prevent those who knew how to use it passing on their knowledge. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z She did not actually try to shake him off, but walked at just such a speed as to prevent his keeping abreast of her. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z This radiation is required in order to prevent violation of the second law. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I could reverse time and prevent the ginormous star from exploding, so my family wouldn’t be swallowed by a stupid black hole. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z They were displayed on sand in a huge square bin, walled by plastic sides high enough to prevent them from crawling over and out into Manhattan. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They seemed particularly concerned, for religious reasons, with preventing the state from performing an autopsy on their son's body. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z But there wasn’t a shred of self-control left in him; he couldn’t have prevented the tears, he knew that. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z A stranger hearing us would have called the police to prevent bloodshed. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “I shall not in my contacts in the east tend to prevent offers to you all,” he wrote. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Only the most obsessive surveillance could prevent this. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z My right foot wobbles a bit, but my hands fan out like a swan ready to soar, preventing my would-be fall. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z The Hunt had dismounted, too, and the riders were ranged around the three of them in a loose ring, as if to prevent them from running away. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He had seen me several times and had intended to call on me long before but a peculiar combination of circumstances had prevented it--signed Jay Gatsby in a majestic hand. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z But it was difficult to prevent him from hearing things because, as you all know, rabbits are very good at keeping secrets from other animals, but no good at keeping secrets from each other. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I shrug and walk a few steps ahead to prevent him from seeing the wetness pooling in my eyes. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z To prevent burglars and vandals from breaking in, we’d hang laundry on the clothesline and put dirty dishes in the sink. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Waves of nausea prevent me from eating anything but saltines and ginger ale. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z As KGB officers surrounded Tolkachev, one of them forced a thick rope between his teeth, to prevent him from biting down on a suicide pill. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z I stared at my broken phone, lips pressed together to prevent an angry tirade. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z To prevent word of the secret mis- sion from leaking out, he explained, they’d been told they were coming to Norway to train other resistance fighters. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh! Miss Woodhouse, I hope nothing may happen to prevent the ball. What a disappointment it would be! I do look forward to it, I own, with very great pleasure.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z “They seek to enslave our children and make them messengers of their will. You must prevent this.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “One last thing, Annabeth. I have postponed your day of choice. I have not prevented it. Soon, as Janus said, you will have to make a decision. Farewell!” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Alec helped him when the people on the other side tried to spin it back.The tighter they could turn it, the easier it was to prevent the attackers from doing the opposite. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z But not even the living people who crowded his rooms could have prevented what came next. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z But I had to prevent it from driving him away completely from the Master of the Universe. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z “You take a long holiday. Then, when you come back, we can think of something to prevent Nimue.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z At length he came to a clearing in the forest where rock prevented vegetation from growing. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z We Koreans have reinvented the idea of luck as mostly bad, and try to do everything we can to prevent it. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z The imps had fanned out, several clustering near the door to prevent escape. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z When Ben tried to reach around to swat at the ball, Bull prevented this by holding him off with his free arm. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He let Johnny have his rig and also wrote him a pass which would prevent any molestation from the Whig mobs and told Cilia to get a similar pass from the British soldiers. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She hated this man with the scar on his mouth, this man who was preventing her from doing what she had vowed to do. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Sobukwe’s offer was not a gesture of unity but a tactical move to prevent the PAC from being criticized for not including us. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The land of his birth was at war with America; yet after thirty- five years here he was still prevented by law from becoming an American citizen. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z If my organelles are really symbiotic bacteria, colonizing me, what’s to prevent them from catching a virus, or if they have such a thing as lysogeny, from conveying a phage to other organelles? The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z A coating had to be developed, therefore, which in itself was fireproof, to put over the Beta cloth to prevent it from flaking off. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z And how I was going to prevent two of my brothers from killing a third. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Once used for locomotives that no longer operate, the wires still carry 25,000 volts to prevent vandalism. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z It was a mad dream, comparable to those of his great-grandfather, for the rocky riverbed and the numerous rapids prevented navigation from Macondo to the sea. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The official name for it was hydrotherapy—the purpose was to keep the wounds clean and prevent infection. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The raised dirt path that wound around the island was bolstered by bags of sand to prevent any more of the shore from disappearing into the water. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z If our new number were equal to the first number on the list, it would also have a first digit of 3—but we can easily prevent that from happening. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z He couldn’t prevent it from falling with a loud clang and wished he’d left it, but there was nothing to be done. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Some help prevent or fight cancer; others fight infections. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “Do you think that the curfew the mayor announced today will prevent incidents like this?” the reporter asks Mr. Lewis. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z She studied Jones’ face, but the glasses prevented her reading anything there. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Citra knew that in the world at large, the Thunderhead prevented such things. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z The roof of the box prevented her from seeing inside. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Shirtless and with hair shaved short to prevent lice, they scampered and wrestled and searched for frogs in the mud. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z He had the notion that everyday substances like air, or water, or mercury were mingled with a much finer substance, a fluid which filled all the gaps and prevented the existence of a vacuum. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z “Yours truly trusts that a modicum of caution will he exercised in the prance, to prevent delivery of uncomfortable blows to the posterior of the forequarters?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z There was speculation in the press that the movement was going to attempt to rescue me, and the authorities were doing their utmost to prevent it. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z One thing I can do will be to try to prevent that. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Not one of them was allowed to be repeated in a melodic phrase, which prevented the listener’s ear from latching on to any note as the centre of gravity. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z But the real joke isn’t that the sluggers revealed to me the date of Earth’s demise; it’s that they offered me the choice to prevent it. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “If you knew the world was ending and could prevent it, would you?” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Granting that Armstrong was mad, what was to prevent him having killed off all the others and then committed suicide by throwing himself over the cliff, or perhaps while trying to swim to the mainland? And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z Seven years ago, Thalia had been turned into a pine tree by her father, to prevent her from dying. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z “Go out and meet Colonel Julyan, prevent him from coming, say it was all a mistake?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, they were both thoroughly frightened by the rebellion on Animal Farm, and very anxious to prevent their own animals from learning too much about it. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z As important, the new teacher prevented Shin’s classmates from hitting him and stealing his food. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Mrs. Bennet had no turn for economy, and her husband’s love of independence had alone prevented their exceeding their income. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z For the Romans did in these instances what all wise princes must do: they must be on their guard not only against existing dangers but also against future disturbances, and try diligently to prevent them. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z My strange and hairy new friend was the only thing preventing me from being the next Luke Simard. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z This was done to prevent any fraternization with the political prisoners. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z —He had the money with him and gave it to me, a solid sum in Royal Karhidish Merchants’ notes of credit, nothing to incriminate me, and consequently nothing to prevent me from simply spending it. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Slowly and carefully he rolled about in the thick mud until it formed a poultice, cooling the wounds in his leg and neck, preventing further blood loss. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I think that I should tell Sam about this, and I really hope it does not prevent us from maybe making up inside jokes of our own. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z Constantly my mind utters this plea, as if it could prevent the count and his bishop from coming. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Before I fell asleep, I lay there hunting for a way to prevent another move so soon. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Meggie was clutching the book tightly, as if that were the only way of preventing yet more misfortunes from creeping out of it. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Another method is to keep the calves and kids near their mothers, but prevent them by various stratagems from suckling too much milk. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z She could see quite clearly that only his astonishment prevented him from killing her at once. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Tears poured out of her eyes and she clenched her teeth to prevent herself from making a sound. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Like he did something to permanently prevent them from coming after me. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z So by taking them all into account, she had absolute faith she could prevent every one of them. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z This did not prevent his reading, of course, since as you know, cats can see in the dark. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z He also said the salt water was good for healing the pain and preventing tetanus. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z They were heading it off, trying to prevent it from crossing. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It must have been about eleven o’clock; but the autumn haze still prevented them from seeing much in other directions. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z We felt this as little sideways jerks, like sometimes, when you first start out on a bicycle, you have to jerk the wheel back and forth to prevent tipping over. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Can the research being done here, and by a new generation of neuroscientists, prevent similar tragedy? A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z So Roz decided to keep a fire going day and night to prevent snow from building up on the roof. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z What are you willing to do to prevent such a shadow from falling over you and others? Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z It doesn’t help that the alarms sound at that exact moment, preventing me from saying anything else to him. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Unwilling as she was to admit an idea so destructive of Jane’s happiness, and so dishonorable to the stability of her lover, she could not prevent its frequently occurring. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z Traditionally and nostalgically it is Old South Democrat, but this does not prevent its voting conservative Republican in national elections while electing liberals to city and county posts. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z To prevent two conflicting sides from causing damage to each other or their surroundings. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Poly face’s customers know to come after noon on a chicken day, but there’s nothing to prevent them from showing up earlier and watching their dinner being killed. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z It was clearly implemented to prevent Byzantine grabs at power; but where power is concerned there are always those who find ways to grasp for it. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Clara decided that if craziness can repeat itself in a family, then there must be a genetic memory that prevents it from being swallowed by oblivion. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Against what she’d seen in her dreams, the only defence would be to prevent the giants from waking Gaia. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z This was the barrier - training - that most prevented women composers coming to the fore in the nineteenth century. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “I couldn’t sleep the whole night, thinking about how to prevent my bicycle from being taken from me,” he said. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z She could not prevent herself from smiling, and they stepped into the daylight together. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z But no matter how big you were, there was no preventing the brutality. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z The protection of some kind fairy—the lilac fairy, perhaps—prevented her from doing so. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z I referred his valet to Miss Kenton, but this did not prevent M. Dupont snapping his fingers at me every few hours to say: 'Butler! The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z “I wish to say something respecting this escape. It may prevent some persons laying under suspicion alonger me.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z ‘Hm, hoom, now we can talk easier. You can sit on the floor, and I will lie down; that will prevent this drink from rising to my head and sending me to sleep.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z As a rule, young men wore it long on one side, in an equine mane, but cropped the other side short, which prevented it from getting tangled in their bow strings. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z On our way there, we learned that the underground resistance of the camp had made the decision not to abandon the Jews and to prevent their liquidation. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The syntax can be defective, convoluted, ambiguous; these are flaws that can be prevented by an awareness of the treelike nature of a sentence. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Enrique grabs her two hands, near her neck, to prevent further blows. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z There are laws against impersonating workers in any profession, but no law preventing anyone from impersonating a scythe. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “We shall all miss your — er — highly individual way of running things, Albus, and only hope that your successor will manage to prevent any — ah — killins.” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z I block my face with my hands and bring my knee right up into his balls—hard, but not hard enough to prevent him from having future little demon spawn children. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Dad would sometimes give us shots to prevent malaria. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z She tried stretching out her supply by making a very weak drink, but she might as well have drunk nothing; the headaches were prevented only by coffee that was black with strength. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z The net and the solar stills, which I had not entirely deflated, had filled the empty space and prevented the bags from moving too much. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z But this did not prevent the Inquisition depositing an unsigned, un-notarized and unwitnessed set of ‘minutes’ of the meeting in the official record. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z He was placed on a different tier to prevent contact with McMillian. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Based on Chambliss’s best guess, it should have gone off around three or four in the morning, which would have prevented our congregation from meeting for church but would not have harmed anyone. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Now, parents who prevented their children from joining the Hitler Youth were threatened with heavy prison sentences. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z "Why, in that case, what is to prevent us all going together?" said Bree. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z The Huntsman might have warned them to stay in these rooms, but he could not prevent the air from carrying the scent of their celebrations up to them, a potent, alluring perfume. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z For more about convince and persuade, see page 95. prevent: We prevented him from going. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “But after the attack, David and the council decided we needed more extensive surveillance set up there so we can prevent an attack from happening again.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z I’m desperate to prevent her tears, but not because I’m noble or anything. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z “I have very often hoped and intended to come back, but have been prevented by many circumstances. Poor, poor old place!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z The steps to prevent drowning, meanwhile, are pretty straightforward: a watchful adult, a fence around the pool, a locked back door so a toddler doesn’t slip outside unnoticed. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Everything he did now, he did slowly and carefully, to prevent exhaustion. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z Who frightened off every person I thought might try to hurt you or prevent you from winning the tournament? Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Irene lays her gloved hand on the side of the bin to prevent its slide out of her life and onto the conveyor belt. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z “Well, I’m just thinking that there are certain things about your, um, lifestyle that would prevent you from giving one hundred percent here in the office.” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z I wanted to prevent things from getting out of control but felt powerless to do anything. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z No woman in her right mind, these days, would seek to prevent a birth, should she be so lucky as to conceive. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z His manner was like all the powerless black people I’d ever known, exaggerating their bodies to conceal a fundamental plunder that they could not prevent. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “If the police follow me, they might prevent a robbery.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “What’s to prevent any Negro from going where he pleases in this country and finding what he wants?” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z This is what he was hoping to prevent. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He seemed intent on preventing Snape from slipping away at the end of class. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The fact that the Fourth Amendment was specifically adopted by the Founding Fathers to prevent arbitrary stops and searches was deemed unpersuasive. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The reasons, York surmised, were Teller’s association with Livermore and the AEC’s “absurdly strict secrecy policy,” which prevented the issuance of even a simple clarification of the roles of the two laboratories. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z They shut their mouths tight to prevent the laughter escaping, but that didn’t do any good. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z To prevent either, we had to position the spacecraft broadside to the sun, and then begin to turn slowly, like a chicken on a barbecue spit. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z But he has to halt short of the security gate, because someone’s standing in his way, preventing him from proceeding. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Something prevented them from taking a single step that was not in a specific direction. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The damage must prevent the sight shield from reactivating. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z This is to prevent the spread of infectious diseases that could kill other primates, including humans. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Their flesh could help prevent pellagra, a sometimes fatal disease that was rampant in the camp, especially in the winter. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Beijing refuses to allow defectors to make claims for asylum and prevents the office of the U.N. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z “The child died for a noble cause. She prevented many deaths by delaying the giant’s rise. She had courage to stand against the might of Gaea.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “So—” said Billy gropingly, “I suppose that the idea of preventing war on Earth is stupid, too. “Of course.” Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, the more extreme Tonist groups actually blinded themselves, and the Thunderhead reluctantly allowed it, preventing their healing nanites from restoring sight. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z She was effectually prevented, but she wasn't on speaking terms with her family for several weeks. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z But at the same time, it prevents me from floating away into meaninglessness. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z First, he thanked his recent adversary Howard Fuller for preventing violence on the previous night. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The desks and dressers and bookshelves were all attached to the walls in order to prevent creative floor planning. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z “I’m lucky. We received a letter this morning that snows in the mountains prevented Hollin from coming home. He’s stuck at school until after his spring term, and he’s beside himself.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He put on rubber gloves, to prevent static electricity from jumping from his skin to the fuses. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet to prevent cancer from ever being formed is “definitely more humane” and can be “much more effective than cancer cures.” Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Placing clean cotton bandages between them to prevent breaking. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z She persisted in the pretense that her shy demeanor in the presence of boys prevented her from dating them. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z But Margaret had been trained as a surgical nurse, which meant sterility was her specialty—it was key to preventing deadly infections in patients in the operating room. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Bhalla prescribed a half-dozen drugs to lower Wilson’s cholesterol, prevent clotting, and control his blood pressure. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z And then Kelton says, “There’s nothing scary about a body bag. They’re for transport and to prevent the spread of disease. I have one in my room; I use it for laundry.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The same day, the school board of Plano, a predominantly white suburb outside Dallas, announced that it was filing suit to seek an injunction preventing Carter from continuing in the playoffs the next night. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z But as she sat on the edge of her rumpled, still-warm bed, pulling on her stockings, she could not prevent or deny her horrible exhilaration. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He brought them a large plate full of jumokbap, small fist-sized rice balls mixed with barley, seaweed, salt, sesame oil, and toasted sesame seeds, sitting on a white cloth to prevent sticking. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z There was much wine, an ignored tension, and a feeling of things coming that you could not prevent happening. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z The wind rushing against Sophie’s face became so strong that she had to duck down again into the blanket to prevent her head from being blown away. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Inside my crossed arms, I pinch my own skin to prevent any twitches, any tells. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z This says that the laws of physics conspire to prevent macroscopic bodies from carrying information into the past. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Lefty stepped between the men, preventing a fight. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z After so many years of doing this, I can open up a crack in the skin really easily, so I cover it up with a Band-Aid to try to prevent infection. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Instead, like all orthodox religions, they practiced a rigidity that prevented them from correcting their errors. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Since his return to Mordor, Sauron had found it useful; for he had few servants but many slaves of fear, and still its chief purpose as of old was to prevent escape from Mordor. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The dark tinted windshield prevented a view of the pilots. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The irony is I have a fear of heights, which prevented me from flying to Washington, D.C., and New York with the Freedom Writers. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Why would being a Muslim prevent me from doing the work at a law firm? Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Any attempt to set off across country at once would only make matters worse: half the inhabitants would follow them, to see what they were up to, and to prevent them from trespassing. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “If you knew the world was going to end, and you could press a button to prevent it, would you?” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z He sets them to work, he gives back to them the bare minimum that will prevent them from starving, and the rest he keeps for himself. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z I covered my worksheet, like I was preventing her from copying from me. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z Garfield pledged to use his congressional experience with the country's finances to keep the economy strong and to prevent wasteful government spending. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Heaven knows what the poor woman thought when she eventually heard the Berlioz piece at a Paris concert and read the programme notes, although it didn’t prevent her from marrying him three years later. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Perhaps there is some major and as yet undiscovered atmospheric constituent—nitrogen, for example—which keeps the average molecular weight of the atmosphere high and prevents blowoff. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Hey, boy, where you going?” the driver shouted to Bill while he stretched his arms across the opening to prevent my stepping down. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z By reading the paper, we discovered that once again they were in charge and would work to prevent our getting the full benefit of our rights. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z It wouldn’t prevent someone from recognizing him if they saw his face, but at least it would garner less attention. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z It made me realize that a real hero should try to prevent this from ever happening again. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z At the same time, the Wampanoag fended off Indians from the interior, preventing them from trading directly with the foreigners. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z There are four different safety interlocks that prevent the regulator from letting the Hab's oxygen content get too low. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z There was nothing he could have done to prevent Ugwu’s death, but his drinking, his excessive drinking, had somehow made him complicit. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “They want to prevent whatever new disease he’s spreading.” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z When it came to my choices, I tried to be somewhat unpredictable, to prevent anyone from ascribing any sort of message to what I wore. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Similarly, confinement prevents one having a single gluon on its own, because gluons also have color. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z They decided either one of us would work for ballast, but feared Adah’s handicap would prevent her holding on, and if she fell in the river the precious battery would also be lost. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z His gut told him it was something serious, an injury that might prevent Boobie from ever playing football again the way he once had. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Good grief, baby, people don’t agree with the Klan, but they certainly don’t try to prevent them from puttin’ on sheets and making fools of themselves in public.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z She feels Geak bounce slightly on her back as she catches her balance and prevents herself from a fall in the mud. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I beam back, curling my fingers around the edge of the bench, trying to prevent myself from leaping into his arms. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Sirius had taken no chances in preventing his parents from redecorating his room. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The treasury clerk, Joshua Dawson, did note “fine doings in the River, easy means of smuggling, & most likely, little precaution taken to prevent it.” An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Was it possible that he had already entered the cabinet in the Room of Requirement, or had the Order made steps to secure it, to prevent the Death Eaters retreating that way? Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “We should thank you for defying the instructions of your faction leaders? Thank you for trying to prevent one of your faction leaders from killing Jeanine Matthews? You behaved like a traitor.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z They’d stand in the doorways and prevent entrance to all comers. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, you are my love. But my father the king has alliances to secure by marrying me to a princess of France or Germany. He will prevent us.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z There really is little the likes of us can ever do to prevent these things.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z “He’s not feeling well,” Velia explained, getting between the young man and the car door just in time to prevent a catastrophe. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Strict procedures would be followed to prevent new bacteria from infecting his body. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z —Plutarch Prepared to put up a fight to prevent Cleopatra’s return to power, thirteen-year-old Ptolemy assembled the royal army near Pelusium—a fortress city on the eastern bank of the Nile. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The Riders were drawing in their ring close round the knoll, risking the orc-arrows, so as to prevent any sortie, while a company rode off to deal with the newcomers. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z She neither gave it to him nor prevented him from taking it. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z And when elected President of the Royal Society, in 1680, he expressed his regrets that he could not take up the post because his personal religious beliefs prevented him from swearing the necessary oaths. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z The altercation threatened to descend into an acrimonious civil war, and I did my best to prevent a rupture. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They were still for a moment, the girl twisted in pain but grimacing to prevent herself from crying out louder, the man bent over her frowning like thunder. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “It prevents them from parenting effectively,” my mom added. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Lockhart stopped abruptly in the middle of counting the number of murders he had prevented. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Occasionally an astronaut had become sick to his stomach in space, and we thought that doing aerobatics might help prevent this. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The force of the flood might prevent them from going back anyway; they might find themselves swept all the way through Oxford and on to...where? The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Blacks would do everything in their power to prevent the increased ghettoization of Hayti. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Ammu had insisted that they sit separately to prevent them from fighting. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z But there was something in his face and eyes and in his crooked smile that prevented me from asking. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z If we were lucky, the damage to the myoglobin molecules which prevented crystallization would be averted by immediately freezing the exracehorse’s heart. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z If you journeyed into the past and prevented your parents from meeting, then you would never have been born—which is something of a contradiction, since you clearly exist. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He had been too late to prevent Shae from being attacked. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z "I'd say yes. Nothing to prevent them from going in immediately." The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Rather, the two complemented each other in preventing any changes in the status quo. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z A movement began to deny Howard the purse money or prevent it from being officially credited to Seabiscuit. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Like you said, you can only buy six tickets. Six tickets at a time. There’s nothing that prevents someone from buying six tickets, then getting back in line and buying six more tickets.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z The pastels are there on either side of you in an instant, certain that you’ve just had a violent outburst, and want to prevent another one. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Moreover, in recent generations, foragers have been increasingly subject to the authority of modern states, which prevent the eruption of large-scale conflicts. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z My hand was bleeding from the glass I had broken, and not knowing what else to do, I put my hand into my pocket to prevent the blood from staining her freshly scrubbed linoleum. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z To prevent shock and infection, he would be given fluids and antibiotics intravenously through a sterile tube and needle directly into his bloodstream. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Police were stationed along the rails to prevent fans from seeping back onto the track in front of the horses. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Major provisions of the Affordable Care Act had also gone into effect, with young people allowed to remain longer on their parents’ insurance policies and companies prevented from capping a patient’s lifetime coverage. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z In the winter he used oil to prevent chapping, and he kept the cuticles pushed down and his nails always filed to the shape of his finger-tips. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z This would prevent bacteria from getting through the shell. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Regard for my sister’s credit and feelings prevented any public exposure; but I wrote to Mr. Wickham, who left the place immediately, and Mrs. Younge was of course removed from her charge. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z However, I recollected afterwards that if he had been prevented going, the wedding need not be put off, for Mr. Darcy might have done as well.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z Imprisonment, they say, now creates far more crime than it prevents, by ripping apart fragile social networks, destroying families, and creating a permanent class of unemployables. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z There were no railings on this terrace to prevent one from stepping off the edge. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Elizabeth found the interest of the subject increase, and listened with all her heart; but the delicacy of it prevented further enquiry. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z The only factor that prevented horses from spreading beyond West Africa was trypanosome diseases borne by tsetse flies. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The ditches prevented enemy tanks from entering German territory. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z What was he doing, he asked himself, sending Bri into the arms of strangers and preventing Julie from going off with family? The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z She had to prevent Mark Antony and Octavia’s meeting from taking place. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z “No, I—I don’t—” The surrealness of being made to feel unworthy by a prison inmate set in, preventing Dill from finishing his thought. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Racial segregation had actually begun years earlier in the North, as an effort to prevent race-mixing and preserve racial hierarchy following the abolition of Northern slavery. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “But another of his lovers nearly did. When she died, rumor pointed to one of the princes’ poisoning her, just to prevent competition for the throne.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Look, we wouldn’t have risked coming here if we didn’t trust Annabeth’s instincts. A Roman leader returning the most important Greek statue to Camp Half-Blood—she knows that could prevent a war.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Do you mean to tell me you can’t prevent two children from breaking in?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z It was the IMF’s job to prevent that from happening. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z That change sneaked up on him, Casteen said, and he had spent a good part of the previous year trying to prevent it from becoming part of his legacy. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z The smell prevented him from seeing anything more than the absence of light did. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z His pride had prevented him from making contact with the armed groups in the interior of the country until the leaders of the party publicly rectified their declaration that he was a bandit. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Too many black marks could sully a person’s reputation and even prevent a promotion at work. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z The Butler could hardly prevent himself from opening his mouth in surprise, but managed to suppress the question, or the protest. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z She thought that driving me to and picking me up from school would prevent me from contacting my boyfriend and that I’d forget about him. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Hazel suspected that Strawberry’s talking had the real purpose of preventing his own questions. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The cubicles were small, only five feet in any direction, with doors that sealed like a freezer’s to prevent contaminated air from getting inside. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z The alternative view, which I advocated, was that stay-at-homes allowed us to strike at the enemy while preventing him from striking back. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Mariam would sleep poorly, fretting that some business entanglement would prevent Jalil from coming on Thursday, that she would have to wait a whole other week to see him. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z To prevent such birth defects, Nazi doctors forcibly sterilized men and women considered too mentally or physically unfit to produce desirable children. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Nurses had stacked sandbags all along his left side to prevent him from turning over on his broken chest. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Even if he did tell Nali, she might try to protect him and prevent him from going to the Third World. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z He rubbed Mimir’s head with certain herbs to prevent it from rotting, and he chanted charms and incantations over it, for he did not wish Mimir’s knowledge to be lost. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z And since my eyes were looking down, I can see that while our muscles are immobile, nothing is preventing the blood from draining out of Peeta's leg. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z As if his materialization is preventing her from keeping certain shadows at bay. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I wiped quickly under my eyes to prevent any smudges. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z She straightened her back and added, with some authority, “Something has prevented him from being here.” Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z At the end of it, the survivors on both sides drew up a treaty to prevent such destruction from ever happening again. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Another way to say this is We prevented his going. prohibit: She was prohibited from going. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z All the advertisements were blacked out, supposedly to prevent communication in that way with the enemy. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z This I had believed with all my being, but now, though still inwardly affirming that belief, I felt a blighting hurt which prevented me from trying further to defend myself. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Deadly physical force was okay to use in three instances: to prevent an escape; in self-defense; or to prevent arson. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The tamper would prevent flying neutrons from escaping, bouncing them instead back into the uranium. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z But Siddhartha knew what his friend was thinking —probably that the boy would have thrown the oar away or broken it out of revenge and to prevent their following him. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z As we shall see, many omissible words earn their keep by preventing the reader from making a wrong turn as she navigates her way through the sentence. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z The log-out sequence was designed this way to prevent avatars from using it as an easy way to escape a fight. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z He thinks if he can choke the flames while they’re young, he can prevent a wildfire, maybe save the house. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Recalling the delay they had suffered a year ago, this time they had arrived early and would be leaving before the coming two-day event prevented their departure. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z To prevent confusion, Mesoamerican societies created the third calendar, the Long Count. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z But Dad hated unprintable words, and the fact that he had stood up for his son didn’t prevent him from holding a full-dress court of inquiry once he got home, and administering the called-for punishment. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Solace stared at him in disbelief, but Nico remembered his father’s words in the Chapel of Bones: Some deaths cannot be prevented. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “The goal is to prevent these wondrous beings from passing out of existence.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z But I was still pelting through a particularly narrow lane when a man leaped out in front of me. he cried, his arms spread wide enough to prevent me from passing. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z But his sense of caution did not prevent him from making immediate and dramatic changes to combat the Red Scare. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z I also started using acupuncture to treat old injuries and weekly massages and ice baths to help prevent new ones. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z On his next swing, the darkness prevented Thomas from seeing a new wall looming in front of him until it was too late; the corridor ended and turned to the right. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The conflagration prevented her from entering the building when she realized there were people and animals trapped inside. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Most kids bom with these types of birth defects have problems with their middle ears that prevent them from hearing, but so far August can hear well enough through his tiny cauliflower'shaped ears. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z Like a drunk who is too impaired to realize that he is too impaired to drive, we do not notice the curse because the curse prevents us from noticing it. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z His regard for her was quite imaginary; and the possibility of her deserving her mother’s reproach prevented his feeling any regret. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z Is it fair to say Nixon prevented the Vietnam War from ending in 1968? Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The men used jets of live steam to thaw dirt and prevent newly poured cement from freezing. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z However, that did not prevent him from being aware that Alba was watching him. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Prefects were responsible for preventing disputes, not provoking them. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When he spoke, it was in Gaea’s voice: This cannot be prevented. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Oppenheimer believed this race could still be prevented. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z With the onset of winter Burnham ordered all hydrants packed in horse manure to prevent freezing. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The sick feeling, which she had tried to prevent by holding in her stomach, came quickly in spite of her precaution. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z As a child, Turner had once tried to persuade himself that preventing his mother’s sudden death by avoiding the pavement cracks outside his school playground was a nonsense. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z They shoot at anything that moves or looks as though it might, and their success in killing one another may well prevent a population explosion. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z It would prevent a federal judge from coming into Odessa, as was his prerogative under the desegregation order, and changing the boundaries. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the ways he thought the deportation might be prevented, or at least delayed, was for him to become stateless by legally renouncing his citizenship. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Windstorms, lightning fires, landslides, volcanic eruptions, and other natural calamities knock down trees and open up the forest, or prevent open country from turning into forestland. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Yet it was not the Greek number system that prevented zero’s acceptance—nor was it lack of knowledge. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z A crack in a wall steadied my eyes and prevented me from feeling as though I were falling. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z We each defended our own target and attempted to prevent the other side from retrieving the sticks that had been thrown over. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We’re all going to miss him, but what could we have done to prevent his death? The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z This suggestion seemed to prevent the second law of thermodynamics from being violated in most situations. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Just as often, however, Adams also used the correspondence to unburden himself of opinions that his muzzled status in the Senate prevented him from sharing publicly. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z It's possible she actually prevented another tragedy from befalling our family. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z I felt uneasy because Malcolm was evidently trying to say something which his pride and dignity prevented him from expressing. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z This, Fermi told Leslie Groves, would prevent a chain reaction from starting. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z A compulsively methodical man, he had elaborate systems in place that were supposed to prevent such a catastrophe. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z My dad’s dialysis prevented them from coming to the Vineyard, but they were literally harassing me.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z In recent times his annoyance with the absurd obesity that prevented him from tying his shoes and his abusive satisfaction with all manner of appetites had begun to sour his character. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z In addition, the sand lets rainfall drain away from the mound, preventing it from swelling too much. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z When they reached it, the door was barred to prevent entry by Octavian or his men. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z If I ever got talking to them, I might even suggest that they come and do a bit of cruelty-to-children preventing at my school. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z A net of knotted ropes crisscrossed the alcove, preventing a view inside the dismal recess. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Harry looked over at Hermione and the question he had been about to ask—about whether Mrs. Cattermole’s lack of a wand would prevent her Apparating alongside her husband—died in his throat. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Only my Bledsoe-trustee inspired compulsion to read all papers that touched my hands prevented me from throwing the envelope aside. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z This is his highest fear; and in order to prevent his being betrayed he has repelled, so far as he can, even his victim—me! Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z The Ku Klux Klan and the White Citizens Council would block the route and prevent the trucks with the food from getting through to the campsite. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Even without a fog, their sleep at mid-day would have prevented them from reaching it until after nightfall on the day before. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z He went before Congress to ask for the right to “take all necessary measures” to “prevent further aggression.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z I am entirely sympathetic to your reasons for withholding the name of the patient and thus prevent a possible invasion of privacy. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z The fact that Antonapoulos could not read did not prevent Singer from writing to him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The beast that had prevented Roza from escaping the yard of that horrible suburban house was the largest, ugliest, most miserable dog that Roza had ever seen. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “But they told me I could prevent it. All I have to do is press a red button on their ship.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Ordinary people became aware of the importance of cleanliness in preventing infection. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z According to present knowledge, the occurrence of an entire extra body chromosome is usually lethal, preventing survival of the embryo. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Following their release, they were "blacklisted," prevented from working in Hollywood ever again. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The police maintained that Fuller tried to prevent them from arresting the other man, a charge which Fuller denied. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Within days, he had remedied the experimental shortcomings that had prevented Lawrence from producing mesons, and before the end of the month had captured tracks of the first artificial mesons ever seen. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z This would prevent him from surviving in the wild, so he stayed with Dr. Taylor M. Martin at the sanctuary. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z And if the furniture prevented him from earning out his senseless crawling about all over the place, then there was no harm in that, but rather a great benefit. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z Here on the surface of the earth, we are protected against solar flares by our atmosphere, which prevents most of the radiation from reaching the ground. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Tisquantum would have been tied or chained, to prevent rebellion, and jammed into whatever dark corner of the hull was available. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z It tried to shut its mouth, but the stake between its jaws prevented this. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z “I see. And if she says no, in order to prevent all this?” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z A disembodied voice says, "To prevent interruptions of the fabulousness, please turn off your cell phones." Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z The fact that confinement prevents one from observing an isolated quark or gluon might seem to make the whole notion of quarks and gluons as particles somewhat metaphysical. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “A woman hurls herself on your blade, offering herself as a sacrifice to prevent you from gleaning her child, and dies. What do you do?” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z He pushed pillows against the door to prevent sound from leaking into the hall. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z He would do this every few minutes, I felt a senseless stupid irritation come over me, and I did not know how to prevent myself from turning round and screaming to him to stop. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Now just one more thing: just because a Meecham has more raw talent than anyone else, that doesn’t prevent him from thinkin’ about the Man Upstairs every once in a while. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “I do not think so, Monsieur. The train being at a standstill prevented me from dozing off as I usually do.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z Will had no idea of the taboo in Lyra’s world preventing one person from touching another’s dæmon, and if he hadn’t touched Pantalaimon before, it was politeness that had held him back and not knowledge. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he asked Sellers, “Can you command one man to surrender his constitutional rights—if they are his constitutional rights—to prevent another man from committing a crime?” Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z To prevent this you have to add the rune aru to each of the bricks. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z How to send flankers to the left and right, curling in a semicircle to hit the enemy from three sides and prevent him from sneaking behind you. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z He wanted to prevent her from doing anything reckless. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z At the same time, the narrow confines of the galleries prevent us from becoming passive observers by forcing us into a direct confrontation with the works themselves. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z That research, and other investigations like it, led to changes in air traffic regulations, mandating minimum distances between flight paths so as to prevent that kind of wake turbulence accident. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “Ah, but you didn’t know what you were promising. And no one here can prevent you.” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z The explanation is that occasional individual almond trees have a mutation in a single gene that prevents them from synthesizing the bitter-tasting amygdalin. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The only sure way to prevent him from drinking the rest of the plutonium-green booze is to down one myself. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z “They will be better off than they could ever have been in Mexico,” he said, “but I don’t think that’s going to be enough to prevent them from becoming an underclass in New York.” Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z The dreams he’d had all had to do . fc . with sirens and crashes and emergencies he was somehow involved in but helpless to prevent. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Adlai Stevenson, the U.S. representative at the U.N., wrote a letter saying that his government would do everything it could to prevent a death sentence. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Fortunately, the other Masks prevented the man from throwing Tendai to his death. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z A senator losing a daughter to the kind of violence his bill was trying to prevent was far more sympathetic than one whose daughter had lived. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Twin Cities job market analyst Kristine Jacobs pinpoints what she calls the “money taboo” as a major factor preventing workers from optimizing their earnings. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Outside the shops, Storm Troopers and Hitler Youth stood guard, preventing customers from entering. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Samuel suddenly realized that he was making his speech last to prevent silence from falling on the table. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Its whole purpose is to prevent the atmosphere from becoming lethal. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z On certain nights the moonlight had flooded through his dormer window and bathed everything in blue, beguiling shadows that prevented him from sleeping. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Procedure was to let the Hab pop rather than die trying to prevent it. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Your actions contradict your thoughts—you’re dragging us through this maze because you believe this prophecy needs to be enabled—and by that logic prophecies can also be broken—prevented. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z The mere 700 miles of north—south distance prevented Mexican corn, squash, and beans from reaching the U.S. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z That prevented the laborers from coming to work, and left vast quantities of mangoes, bananas, pineapple, garlic and ginger rotting slowly on the premises of Paradise Pickles. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew in my heart that it might prevent him from taking my place. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Other scientists are working on the so-called “juvenile hormone,” a powerful substance which prevents metamorphosis of the larval insect until the proper stage of growth has been reached. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z As Dr. Atchley tries to find balance with technology and prevent it from overtaking him, he finds there are occasions when his boundaries don’t serve him. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Europe’s barriers were sufficient to prevent political unification, but insufficient to halt the spread of technology and ideas. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Maybe even prevent our dads from getting fired in the first place. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z The bones of his leg were so weak that he needed to wear a fur-lined metal brace to prevent them from buckling, but they held up. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Taking the helm of the city in 620 a.d., he was as determined to reestablish his city’s former glory as Kaan’s rulers were to prevent it. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Although lexicographers have neither the desire nor the power to prevent linguistic conventions from changing, this does not mean, as purists fear, that they cannot state the conventions in force at a given time. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z “What’s to prevent him from escaping again? Couldn’t he just force some giant or something to take the sky for him?” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z I had asked for an apology and suggested training to prevent similar incidents. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z What was there to prevent those people from coming across those railings and dragging him into the street, now that Max was not here? Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The stairs seemed delicate all of a sudden, as if they would crumble and a huge hole would appear and prevent me from leaving. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z But even though his deafness prevented him from hearing Merrithew crying out for help, he knew his coworker and friend was in the building and in serious trouble. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z It divided Cleopatra’s lands and prevented her from gaining authority over the entire region. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z Repeating its cause, what could have been done to prevent the misery from taking hold, and M’Dear’s infallibility. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z “You must promise me,” said Badwa, “that you will do anything in your ability to prevent my brother from using Adiah’s power to exact his plans.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z It was for the strange reason that he was cruel, that the poor fellow never killed a man who asked for mercy, or committed a cruel action which he could have prevented. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z But they let it run its course, fulfill itself, and never invented ways either to alter it, to annihilate it or to prevent its happening again. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Analyzing what went wrong on Everest is a useful enough enterprise; it might conceivably prevent some deaths down the road. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z “You get two or three groups within the larger group. That is something you really try to prevent, and when it happens it is a good time to branch out.” The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z There were deed restrictions preventing whites from selling their houses to blacks. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z But the trailer rocked so much, he had to hold himself up against the roof with both hands to prevent himself from falling. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z What better way to prevent that than by locking the strangers in the tobacco shed until morning? Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “I did. I told her you said Bailey was supposed to come with us. All she said was that she wouldn’t do anything to prevent it.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He had only been given one instruction: that it was the task of the guards to prevent anyone from coming through the gap in the wall from the village, by any means possible. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Their books prevented them from running with grace and abandon. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But the fast-moving events of those days not only prevented her plans from being carried out, they made her regret having conceived them. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z A password prevented him from getting into the second, but it flickered and would probably die soon anyway. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z He opened his mouth and it was Clarisse McClellan saying, “Didn't firemen prevent fires rather than stoke them up and get them going?” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z “They do not know that we meet, nor can they prevent it,” I said, with more certainty than I felt. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I wonder what preventing the destruction of Earth means to the sluggers. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z ‘All the same,’ said Frodo to all those who stood near, ‘I wish for no killing; not even of the ruffians, unless it must be done, to prevent them from hurting hobbits.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Knowing that I was crushing him, preventing him from breathing, I wanted to get up and disengage myself to allow him to breathe. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Two of the carbamates are actually used to prevent sprouting of potatoes in storage — precisely because of their proven effect in stopping cell division. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z What prevented them from taking root and flourishing? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “I mean that it actually prevents you from working?” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z This prevents predators from seeing and eating them. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z After this, Lucca and Siena would have immediately surrendered, partly to spite the Florentines and partly out of fear, and the Florentines would have had no means of preventing it. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z After the match, Fischer explained that he hadn’t been playing for draws but realized that his three-point lead was enough to win the title, as long as he could prevent Spassky from winning a game. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z And I began to realize that Faro could—quite innocently—lead Mr. Loomis to me and that if I had fed him and kept him with me, I might have prevented that. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z She hadn’t known about Hades’s curse preventing the spirit of Delphi from taking another host. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Perhaps Jaimito felt broken by these failures and her reminders of how she had tried to prevent them. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z While the storm of negative reports may have made some of the leaders second-guess their plans, it did not prevent them from planning a second convention two weeks later. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z But in ripping it loose, I lost my balance and only Timothy’s hand prevented me from falling in. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z What if his country needed him to prevent some other armed conflict? The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z It was not, however, enough time to prevent the course of events, only to alter them; which the passengers and crew did bravely, even though it cost them all their lives. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z Of course, the best way to prevent a mishap was to be sure to visit our chamber pots every night before we got in bed. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps the violent gale, which didn’t stop blowing until 7:30 p.m., prevented them from mobilizing as early as they’d hoped. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z The compromise reached did not resolve these conflicts so much as prevent them from exploding when the newly created government was so vulnerable; it bought time during which the debate could continue. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “My brother went missing trying to prevent this. I have to try.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z We boarded up the windows of our ground-floor apartment, and I helped my parents tape Xs across the windowpanes to prevent the glass from shattering. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z She felt such a stir of pity and gentleness for him that she almost reached out to touch his matted pelt, and only a sense of courtesy toward those cold ferocious eyes prevented ter. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Exception 2.—Words ending in ie and dropping the e, by Rule I. change the i into y to prevent the doubling of the i: as, die + ing = dying; lie + ing = lying. New Word-Analysis 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z But Hanson was determined to prevent the unions from moving the strike forward. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Their main function is to prevent the town's children from going through the opening, into the meadow and beyond. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z This prevented the force fields from being bypassed by any magical means. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z But the barbed wrapping wasn’t only for weight; Sigurd had knotted and arranged it so it made a net around the outside, to prevent exactly what Anya was attempting. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Offhand, I cannot think of any important human disease for which medicine possesses the outright capacity to prevent or cure where the cost of the technology is itself a major problem. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Not surprisingly, then, preventing arbitrary searches and seizures by the police was deemed by the Founding Fathers an essential element of the U.S. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z This was to prevent microbes from one chimp infecting another—or from infecting a human. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z On the other hand, the limitation of the sexual drive to a discontinuous time-segment, and the “equalizing” of it in androgyny, must prevent, to a large extent, both the exploitation and frustration of the drive. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z It was only the bartender and the two men who followed him into the street that prevented them from killing each other. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Myriad laws, rules, and regulations operate to discriminate against people with criminal records and effectively prevent their reintegration into the mainstream society and economy. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Historians will likely wonder how we could describe the new caste system as a system of crime control, when it is difficult to imagine a system better designed to create—rather than prevent—crime. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z What particularly galled the Klan was that the union could have been prevented. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The government was busily taking measures to prevent anything like the Defiance Campaign from reoccurring. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Although Roosevelt was showing signs of malaria, he wasn’t going to let it prevent him from doing whatever he could to help. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z Rowan was ordered to remain at the gate, sword drawn, to prevent anyone from trying to escape. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “I think the public for a time will be awfully disappointed with our work—dissatisfied & a strong hand will be required here for weeks to come to prevent Ulrich’s energies from being wrongly directed.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The foil, similar to that used by NASA, trapped the heat inside the structure while preventing the camouflaged outside surface from overheating. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z “How do you do,” Ignatius said, slipping his hands into the pockets of his smock to prevent any further handshaking. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The British had evidently thought her sufficient to prevent boats crossing the river that night. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She wouldn’t be standing at her father’s side, telling everyone how she believed his bill would have helped prevent the destruction. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z At times I could not prevent myself from lying flat on the ground, pretending I was inside one of those beehive tombs. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The aim of the Party was not merely to prevent men and women from forming loyalties which it might not be able to control. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z However, indigenous germs and food producers prevented Europeans from settling most of this region in significant numbers. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He seemed unable to prevent himself from glancing upward every minute or so. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Wistfully the woman asked Katie not to let it get damp or cold, to leave the bedroom doors open in winter so a little heat would get through from the kitchen and prevent warping. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Usually the press of the crowd prevented a child’s getting near the washrooms. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z It would prevent any scandal about a last-minute quarrel with the Queen. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the first orders of business was to prevent Fischer’s deportation to the United States. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z By 1919, however, one southern state legislature after another had passed laws preventing these men from exercising this right. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Still it was nothing new, white folks seemed always to expect you to know those things which they'd done everything they could think of to prevent you from knowing. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z She could not allow Elowen to take over her mind, and she began to formulate a plan to prevent it from happening. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He turned swiftly to see Alice trying to get between Mrs. Boatwright and a man in a dark uniform, and three other men behind him spread out to prevent anyone leaving the cave. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z He regretted that his deteriorating health prevented him from attending the ceremonies in person and joining “the small band, the remnant of that host of worthies who joined with us on that day.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Nothing, nothing that anyone could say would prevent her from going back to that place again. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z This would prevent defeat in the short term, but at a substantial cost. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Still it was nothing new, white folks seemed always to expect you to know those things which they'd done everything they could think of to prevent you from knowing. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z To prevent such outbursts, the authorities reversed the normal order of the prisoners preceding the judge into the courtroom. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He had planned to lay out his step-by-step strategy for preventing an arms race, backing each step with clearly reasoned arguments. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The arm motions required to prevent twisting were complicated enough, but would mastering them enable me to prevent twisting, rolling, and tumbling all at once? Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, most of the improvements dribbled out by mill owners over the years were really meant to prevent unions from taking hold in the South. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z I am grateful for the clouds that prevent the sun from wilting their leaves before they take root again and resume their growing. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The alien land laws prevented him from owning property, but he could lease the land, or make a tenancy deal and work it. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the only thing she could think might help prevent the worst possible outcome. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z They came to a low metal gate that hung open but could be shut to prevent access. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z At the command of the governor, Orval Faubus, the Arkansas National Guard had been called out to prevent the black students from entering the school. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z According to Andrews and a dissenting California Supreme Court judge, the ruling didn’t prevent commercialization; it just took patients out of the equation and emboldened scientists to commodify tissues in increasing numbers. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z He drew over the picture the sheet of thin paper on which I was accustomed to rest my hand in painting, to prevent the cardboard from being sullied. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Carrying herself with the dignity of a queen did not prevent Cleopatra from staging tricks and playing practical jokes. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z But maybe, I suggested, technology was also keeping him from a broader life, preventing his getting out and doing the sometimes hard work that goes into building friendships and relationships. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She told him that Proteus, the wise old god of the sea, could show him how to prevent another such disaster, but that he would do so only if compelled. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z And for a second, I wondered if I should just intentionally foul him and prevent him from dunking. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z Tonight Sam Westing would wreak his revenge unless she could prevent it. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Feynman would have to go there, inspect the factory, and help them prevent a catastrophic nuclear accident. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z With Jamie’s help, I learned different breathing exercises and ways to use guided imagery to help prevent and mediate my anxiety. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Not only had they broken her fall, but they had prevented her from rolling directly into the creek and possibly drowning. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The soils beneath Berlin were sandy and unstable; engineers quickly determined that the entire length of the 1,800-foot tunnel had to be sheathed in steel, to prevent the structure from collapsing. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z And she looked hard at Josiah when she made the remark, as if to let him know that there were others who prevented her from carrying herself quite so proud. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z She was still a prisoner, for starters, with Minya’s army preventing her from leaving her room. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Another row showcased iron cuffs so thick that no saw could bite them, and cuffs so thin that only the thought of punishment prevented their wearer from splitting them. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I look down like I can prevent this from happening if I keep it out of sight. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z There were multiple safeguards to prevent the accidental release of a virus like Marburg Cardinal. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The unidentified perpetrators planned to injure him, drug him, or hold him hostage on the day of the race, preventing him from riding and leaving Howard and Smith little time to find a qualified jockey. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Now, like the other prisoners, his head had been shaved, probably to prevent lice. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Then they drove away to deposit the crop in the potato barns with earth heaped high about their sides to prevent freezing. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “If you knew the world was going to end but you could prevent it, would you?” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z All the beliefs, habits, tastes, emotions, mental attitudes that characterize our time are really designed to sustain the mystique of the Party and prevent the true nature of present- day society from being perceived. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z “Pressing the button will prevent the destruction of the planet?” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z She’s gesturing with her hands, talking about researchers at MIT and probability bending to prevent paradoxes. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z They looked back, but the turn of the road prevented them from seeing far. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I had to prevent them, but even if I found a way to restrain them it wasn’t an option, since then they wouldn’t be able to forage and keep themselves alive. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z “I’ll tell you...I wouldn’t dare act as though they weren’t my ancestors. I wouldn’t let anything happen to them, the boy or girl, if I could possibly prevent it.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z His face flamed, and it was only her holding up a warning finger that prevented him from apologizing. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z If someone would attempt to create a vacuum, nature would do anything in its power to prevent it from happening. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z It must be all lies and of no account when the culture of a thousand years could not prevent this stream of blood being poured out, these torture-chambers in their hundreds of thousands. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z She was tying back her hair to prevent it from getting caught in the lathe. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z If there is insufficient matter to prevent the universe from expanding forever, it must have an open shape, curved like a saddle with a surface extending to infinity in our three-dimensional analogy. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Biting his tongue to prevent himself retaliating, he sat down in front of the boxes and pulled one toward him. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z We dove again and again, preventing the bossling from focusing on the doorway. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The challenge was not to cry, for tears would run down my cheeks in tiny rivers, preventing the mud from drying well and giving it a bumpy texture. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z He vowed to prevent the March 7 voting rights march. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z This time she throws her weight into it, trying to prevent him from leaving. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The mining companies preferred such segregation because it prevented different ethnic groups from uniting around a common grievance and reinforced the power of the chiefs. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z "When did that ever prevent a man from having a love affair?" The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Only thing that can prevent that is these.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Nugent was eager to gain their support, but even more eager to prevent the other side from gaining it. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “And I hope we won’t need that long. After all, we want to prevent an execution tomorrow evening, don’t we?” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Then large vats of pitch were hoisted up to the roof and the timber was coated to prevent it from rotting. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z East Germans snuck out this "back door" by the thousands, before the Stasi had time to prevent their departure. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z He felt on the edge of death with the desire for it, and presently, without his being able to prevent it, his eyes closed. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The powerlessness of dictionaries to enforce the prescriptivists’ dream of preventing linguistic change does not mean that the dictionaries are doomed to preside over a race to the bottom. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z As soon as he heard of the Trojan embassy to the King he started with his army to march to Latium and prevent by force any treaty between the Latins and the strangers. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z She had to bury her face in her sleeve to prevent herself from laughing out loud. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z He was arguing that Dr. Strayer’s testimony would run afoul of a rule preventing him from suggesting a legal conclusion to the jury. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Determined not to allow the Vietnamese domino to topple, American agents worked in secret to prevent elections in Vietnam. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Fortunately for the slave, the creature's swollen state prevented the Firedrake from following him through the fissure in the rock. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z These banners were powerful symbols for each side, so much so that during the war soldiers willingly risked their lives to capture an enemy’s flag or prevent their own flag from being taken. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z For the previous two years, her visits had been stymied by local magistrates and by the repeated bannings that prevented her from traveling. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And as my extreme weakness prevented me from getting up and going to him, I lay there, penitently whispering, “O God bless him! O God bless this gentle Christian man!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z He will watch everything as it begins, although he will be powerless to prevent what he sees from happening. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z He stooped and set it down behind a low hedge, which continued to prevent her from seeing the object. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z But the Inka army’s plan to burn down the town and prevent the invaders from crossing the river was foiled by the native Xauxa and Wanka populace, which had long resented the empire. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Also, if the test prevents poor students from advancing without merit, they won’t clog up the higher grades and slow down good students. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z “Ammu,” Chacko said, his voice steady and deliberately casual, “is it at all possible for you to prevent your washed-up cynicism from completely coloring everything?” The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z As I push the cart, it keeps veering to the left and I have to lean heavily on the right side to prevent the bent wheel from acting like a rudder. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z We impose controls upon ourselves to prevent it. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z And that, ultimately, our morals would prevent us from electing someone who promoted racism and misogyny and xenophobia. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “Well, I have at least a hundred nicer things to say and am only prevented by embarrassment.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The doctor said bandages were necessary to prevent infection. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “It seemed to me,” Hall said, “that an American monopoly was dangerous and should be prevented.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Only the reinforced ribbing in her suit prevented Holly’s leg bones from shattering. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The energy that was buried with the rise of the Christian nations must come back into the world; nothing can prevent it. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z As Henry Dundas, the British secretary of war, put it, their goal was to “prevent a circulation in the British Colonies of the wild and pernicious Doctrines of Liberty and Equality.” Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z Without the hogs to tend to, he could easily have been there even more than usual, preventing Luke from ever sneaking out. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z We also worried about the rocket blast from Eagle, our lunar module, which might kick up a lot of dust and prevent Neil Armstrong from being able to see well enough to land. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps there was sickness in the temple, or some other untoward event that prevented their coming, but whatever the reason, Tree-ear was growing concerned for his friend. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z A group of people, including a spider and a being with glowing eyes, confronted a terrifying creature rising out of the sea, their hands outstretched, preventing the evil from advancing. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z British grammarians will concede that sometimes the extra comma prevents confusion, as when there are other ands in the vicinity: I went to the chemist, Marks & Spencer, and NatWest. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z Blanca tried to disabuse him of his error, explaining that neither she nor her work contained a drop of Indian blood, but the language barrier prevented him from understanding her point of view. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Unlike conventional police departments, the Guard’s mandate explicitly emphasized the novel idea of preventing crime rather than merely arresting wrongdoers after the fact. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I was prevented from finding out, as the wagon hit a bump and my numbed hand almost let Abenthy’s guilder fall to the footboard of the wagon. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “One day man will release and control its almost infinite power. We cannot prevent him from doing so and can only hope that he will not use it exclusively in blowing up his next-door neighbor.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The tension in the room prevented Kendra from uttering any protest. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Stevens was disappointed about missing the man’s talk—his fellowship often prevented his attendance at guest lectures—but the money would remove some of the sting. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “It’s hardly my place to prevent you from trying to recover it,” she says. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z All the same, though, wherever I happen to be, I don’t think I’m the type that doesn’t even lift a finger to prevent a wedding from flatting. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Then, we all laughed because we knew we could get in trouble for swearing, but the strength of our numbers would prevent any retribution. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z You might even be able to track down your mother and kill her before she meets your father, preventing you from being born and causing a terrible paradox. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Should we have used pickets, which generally prevent people from entering their place of work? Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Word had got out that Jean was wooing Blanca, but that did not prevent his remaining the favorite of all the matchmaking mothers of the area. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I was getting frustrated with my sore head and my bad memory and the tube that prevented me from talking. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “The second step has to be strong enough to prevent him from recovering.” Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z My mother made no move to prevent me. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z He did not expect, however, that his conciliatory attitude would be able to prevent the inevitable. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Trying to prevent Fischer’s escape to Iceland, various agencies in the United States accelerated their pursuit of Bobby, putting more pressure on Japan to extradite him. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “And only good manners prevented him from spending the rest of the evening at my side.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The wine steward’s face turned the color of a plum, and a serving girl bit down on her lip to prevent a laugh. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z To prevent bedsores, his attendants shifted his position multiple times a day. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Now a quarantine barrier in Mississippi seeks to prevent the re-entrance of the screw-worm from the Southwest, where it is firmly entrenched. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The foundation was to be made of thick walls, built twenty-five feet below ground level, which would support the building and prevent it from settling unevenly. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z Sometimes that desire would subside, and Taisin thought she might succeed in preventing her vision from happening, but then her feelings returned at the most unexpected moments. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z After that Wormtongue played dangerously, always seeking to delay you, to prevent your full strength being gathered. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z I almost sit on my hands to prevent the ridiculous gesticulations I want to make. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z “There is something inside you preventing the splendor from flowing properly, something you haven’t acknowledged. You have suppressed it, and so suppressed your channel.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z His affliction, whatever it was called, hadn’t prevented Finn from helping Roza when she had needed him. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The perpendicular carbon fibers should have prevented the rip from growing. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “I will do all I can to prevent that, my friend. I have a ... notion. But pray excuse me. It is past time the Domishmen heard that their prince is dead.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Zabini was already sliding it shut when Harry hastily stuck out his foot to prevent it closing. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z And if I do, I obsess in such a precise way as to prevent even a drop of disorder. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z For a sixteenth of a mile, Count Atlas lay over on Seabiscuit’s shoulder, his head and neck thrust to the left, preventing Seabiscuit from moving up. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, he presses a button on the dashboard that prevents air circulation. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z ‘No,’ said Pippin, ‘not yet. And even now his death might be prevented, I think. But the Lord of the City, Beregond, has fallen before his city is taken. He is fey and dangerous.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z “If they get to know that I could have prevented it,” he said, “Ban win cut off my head.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “What would be the point of watching Jesse die all over again if we couldn’t do anything to prevent it?” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Robert Oppenheimer and World War II. Salk found a vaccine that prevented polio, and Oppenheimer helped create the bombs that were dropped on Japan and ended the war. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z “Why, I shall have to destroy her,” said Mrs. Coulter, “to prevent another Fall….Why didn’t I see this before? It was too large to see....” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It also prevents players from eavesdropping on commands given by their opponents. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Masonry arches stretched from one side of the street to the other, as if to prevent the walls from collapsing. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z When we prevented neurogenesis, the mice no longer avoided other mice. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z He pulled his hands close to his chest, like that would prevent his magic from being taken. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z It causes no damage to the lock, yet it prevents the key from entering, so the door cannot be opened. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z This difference in their points of view did not prevent Copley from endowing Revere’s portrait with an ingenious significance and penetrating characterization. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew already when he was a boy that I could not prevent his mind from going to the world for knowledge. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Emma remembered what Mom had said the day they’d learned about the kidnappings in Arizona: “You don’t have to worry about being kidnapped. I promise. I’ll do everything I can to prevent that.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The wet brain matter slowed the ball’s speed, absorbing enough of its energy to prevent it from exiting the other side of the skull through the president’s face. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Eventually Poppet drags him forcibly from the room to prevent him from spending the duration of the party reading. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Yes; I can’t prevent it,” said the Master, and Lyra didn’t notice at the time what an odd thing that was to say. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “I cannot believe even mortal peril will not prevent you from being the way you are.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z To continue a supply of animal milk, a farmer needs to have calves, kids or lambs for suckling, but must prevent them from monopolising the milk. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “The greatest single factor in preventing insects from overwhelming the rest of the world is the internecine warfare which they carry out among themselves,” said the entomologist Robert Metcalf. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “Let’s back up just a moment. If the law, as you say, prevented the Miyamotos from owning land, what was the point of this sale agreement?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z There was no way I could prevent it. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe the chains prevented her, or some magic about this dark, horrible place. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Recall that, in 1999, when Terryl had cut her cable television, the pediatric organization had called on families to prevent children under two from watching any television. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “Had you just done what I asked, some of this unnecessary violence might have been prevented.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “Let anyone say anything they please. I cannot prevent that, but I can prevent having one of our delegation left to march alone, almost as if she were a disgrace.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z How did I think we could prevent something bad from happening? The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Thanks to the low center of gravity, Kendra found that leaning was enough to prevent the boat from capsizing, but the naiads were relentless. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z All of us have been driven nearly mad by our wives and sweethearts, but King Pelles was aware that there is a tough streak in human nature which generally prevents us from being quite driven. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The second empousa held his arm, preventing him from using Riptide. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z McNamara agreed that more soldiers were needed to prevent defeat, but pointed out that if the United States escalated, so would the enemy. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “Polio is a terrible disease! It left children crippled. Killed them. Salk and his group of scientists pioneered a vaccine to prevent it. He even tested it on himself.” The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z The impact on those major elections undoubtedly would be greater if all those deterred or prevented from voting were taken into account. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Why had it created within my father’s heart a granite wall, which had prevented him from expressing feelings of love, care, compassion and understanding? Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He resisted the temptation firmly, and clasped the Ring in his hand, as if to keep a hold on it and prevent it from escaping or doing any mischief. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Would not a rational society spend more on understanding and preventing, than on preparing for, the next war? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “We must prevent the apocalypse. We must fight fire with fire. Therefore, I turn to you.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet his mind was keen, and if he had finally allowed himself to be made Director-Emeritus of Research with Bogert as acting Director, it did not prevent him from appearing in his office daily. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z “There has to be a way to prevent a huge blowup that doesn’t involve forcibly erasing everyone’s memories.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z But the language barrier didn't prevent her love of American television. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “Can you make yourself free to come tonight?” he could not prevent himself from asking. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z They were too busy figuring out how to counter Gustavus Swift and his fellow meatpacking company owners, who were relentlessly creating divisions in order to prevent the workers from showing a united front. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z His allegiance to his country and his pride in being Japanese prevented him from giving in. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z A white hand held it steady, prevented her shutting him out.... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “I thought it was the only way to prevent total destruction,” I say. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z They ventured cautiously into the long sloping passage, digging in their heels to prevent themselves sliding right down as Guosim probably had done. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Horace had at first offered the conjecture in his notes that the deceased’s larynx had clamped down—a spastic closure—to prevent liquid from reaching the deeper air passages. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I jog on the curb to prevent pedestrians on the sidewalk from slowing me down. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Both as a means of avenging him and of preventing other such deaths . . . yes, and of attracting lost members back into the ranks. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Without that protection, Blacks all over the South were prevented from voting by intimidation and violence at the hands of White southerners. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Did they recoil in horror and say, “Wait a minute, we've got to halt the process, or at least slow it down until we can get a handle on how to prevent these effects”? Nope. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z I ran the rope tightly into the notch, to prevent the oar from slipping down. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “Otherwise she’ll talk. The shock will prevent that, at least. She won’t remember who she is, what she saw, what she heard. Come on.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z He was safe, he had food, he could take care of himself and prevent further damage. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z That would be his job, to fight against the very thing that might prevent his staying here. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Their incentive was not heaps of money, but preventing Count Olaf from doing something horrible to them in order to get heaps of money. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z Washington was the core of gravity that prevented the American Revolution from flying off into random orbits, the stable center around which the revolutionary energies formed. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z The frigid winters and the dry desert like conditions of the tundra prevent metals, papers, garbage, and refuse from deteriorating as it does in warmer zones. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z This meant that we were no longer prevented from attending or speaking at gatherings, and arrangements were quickly made for me to speak at the theater. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z No obstacle thus prevented me from talking at least several hours each day to Francis. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z An anchor in the vicious waters of the plantation to prevent her from being carried away. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z After all, I hadn’t been able to prevent him from having his main chance with Miss Goodacre. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “Now we can do all the things we always wanted to do, like go abroad, but were prevented from doing by having a little daughter.” Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z There were no shadows, either, and sluggers wouldn’t have grabbed me and slapped a sweaty hand over my mouth to prevent me from screaming. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z He had often used his position as president of The Vigils to keep control of Archie, to prevent him from going overboard on assignments. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z And, of course, he was forbidden to teach math to prevent further threats to the sanctity of football. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Researchers raced to find what they believed to be the elusive cancer virus, with hopes of developing a vaccine to prevent it. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z But for an elderly star left after supernova explosions and other impetuosities with more than several times the Sun’s mass, there are no forces known that can prevent collapse. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Next she’d be starting some kind of crusade to prevent the drowning of illegal aliens in the waters of the Rio Grande. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Don’t they pump your body full of strange chemicals to prevent your skin from stretching and puckering, to keep your face from resembling a rubber mask? I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Weightlessness can be a lot of fun, but in many ways it would be a dreadful nuisance if everything in our town had to be tied down to prevent its floating off somewhere. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z This had to be done slowly to prevent damaging the suit’s components. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z He was looking left and right, though the collar around his neck prevented him from seeing the pole and Keepers behind him. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z And the major institutions with which they come into contact are designed to prevent their mobility. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The laws prevented Jews from using public parks, swimming pools, concert halls, and transportation. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z She zipped it to my phone with a patch that I opened first to prevent the worm from vaporizing my hard drive. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z That my father and my grandfather were so desperate for a powerful heir, to prevent the end of the Malfoy line, that they . . . that they used a Time-Turner to send my mother back . Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z She wore heavy makeup and she had one of those unfortunate bulging figures where the flesh appears to be strapped in all around the body to prevent it from falling out. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z They always trailed off there, as though that would prevent me from following the thought to its logical conclusion. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Lister concluded that carbolic acid was the best at preventing infection. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Despite their collective experience, Chestnut and Boynton failed to persuade local officials to release Walter and couldn't prevent his transfer to Holman. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “Because that will be the only way you’re going to prevent our going.” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The fox took the fat duck home to his wife and babies, and the farmer was too late to prevent it. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Lee will order the bridge burned immediately after they cross, preventing the Union army from following. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Jessie tried to balance the tray while preventing Laney from attacking the door again. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z As we shall see, the practice of “pointing” our writing has always been offered in a spirit of helpfulness, to underline meaning and prevent awkward misunderstandings between writer and reader. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z They were from Japan, both of them bom there, and there was this law on the books prevented them. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The law was designed to prevent information that could harm the United States from reaching an enemy. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Tito’s shooting, the canceled practices that followed, and the change of practice venues had prevented the new team from getting into anything like a groove. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Wyatt says of her: “She thinks: Why spend all of our time fixing problems when we can perhaps devote a little time preventing them in the first place?” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The only difference is that neither of their families want to prevent their friendship. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z But the safety to be gained here is from preventing the kids from riding shotgun, not from strapping them into a $200 car seat. 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