Usa "fend off" in una frase

1. But there was a nice camp knife that would fend off small vermin the size of a mindune in her pack tied to that saddle

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2. A few days later Lucy was listening to a late night radio programme on her MP3 player while lying in bed trying to fend off the nightmares that inevitably came after dark

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3. broken bottles and the carcasses of burnt out cars, fend off twelve

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4. “Okay, okay!” he protested holding up his hands to fend off an unseen enemy, “But you’ve got to cut them a little slack, Rytal

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5. programme on her MP3 player while lying in bed trying to fend off

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6. and many men to fend off the reefs as they made their way inshore

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7. unsuccessfully to fend off mosquitoes, the two men sat

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8. It was not easy for Jon to fend off the natives as he was quite attractive and more imposing than the rest of his shipmates

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9. Staggering backwards, he managed to fend off Gonzalez, recovering from the punch

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10. All in an instant, he jumped, gasped, felt physically sick, and span around with surprising agility, raising a paw to fend off the expected attack

11. Buddy, expecting to fend off the blow, raised his arm and

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12. When Jesus came onto the scene of this ancient diorama, he was an instantly polarizing distraction to the Jewish yearning for the appearance of another champion, the new judge who would resurrect their national entity, and identity once more as the Hasmonean Maccabees had seemed to accomplish for a while, during the interregnum in which the Greeks tried to fend off Roman incursions into their fractured Hellenistic world

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13. sleeping bag he had wrapped around himself to fend off the cold

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14. sufficiently literate to read the Bible, enabling them to fend off the inducements of Satan” turning out so many functional illiterates

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15. He was hoping only to fend off his assailant, but the mind-cane had a different purpose

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16. The words family, love, cowardice assault me from every side and, from instinct, I raise my hands to fend off what I cannot see and cannot touch

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17. He clambers to his feet, surprised at how weak he is, but prepared to fend off all attackers, whether man or animal

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18. her curly black hair to fend off the rain, stood under one of

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19. The short interval of busy work tending to communal chores helped to fend off notice of the

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20. Betty insisted on helping Charly with the dishes, even though Charly would rather have stayed and listened to Trask fend off Brandi's curiosity

21. doesn’t have the numbers to fend off an attack from both the rebel

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22. They were joined in their dry haven by a middle-aged man who was holding a newspaper over his head in an attempt to fend off the rain

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23. Reaching out both hands to fend off the invasive digits, he grasped at the air finding something solid to hold

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24. An obscene amount of money had been used up from the estate funds to fend off the legal actions

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25. Then she was gone, and the Cimmerian saw only the winged fiend which had staggered back in unwonted fear, arms lifted as if to fend off attack

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26. He wheeled back to see Topal standing in an attitude of horror, one arm out as if to fend off some threatening peril, his distended eyes fixed with hypnotic intensity on something protruding from behind a divan

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27. Unlike the incident with Blondie, he made no attempt to fend off the blow and took the hit solidly without flinching

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28. The net was so thin, that while it would prevent Captain Darwin’s crew from descending to the planet, it was not enough to fend off even a loosely coordinated pirate attack of more than a few ships

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29. Then we could fend off the P A F

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30. improve the brain’s function, allowing you to fend off

31. The P I ships, programmed to fend off missiles traveling at much faster speeds than these creatures could fly, picked them off with their lasers

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32. The combat armor they both wore was intended to fend off lasers and not the slug from a large caliber pistol at short range

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33. fend off the second one, but the third one hit the commander with his homemade weapon

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34. It had taken much more than he expected to fend off Peter

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35. No one suspected that their city would be able to fend off an orderran attack…”

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36. Muslims were still able to fend off the attack

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37. it helps to improve the brain’s function, allowing you to fend off

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38. The area near the Pole and the City of the Ancients itself was sub temperate, nearly polar, and Cloud had to draw the leather coat he'd brought with him on to fend off the chill that had seized the air and began to prickle at his skin, leaving a wash of gooseflesh over all of his exposed skin

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39. He was already on his feet, shoulders bunched, preparing to fend off the intruder

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40. His hands were both at his throat, though he could not remember having moved them there, as an apparent result of his involuntary reflexes as his adrenaline flowed in a panic-stricken attempt to fend off that evil which tormented him

41. It sounds like something that’s said to fend off

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42. I made for the car door with my hands over my head to fend off blows from the broom, turned on the ignition, and backed out as Ace went for the garage door

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43. Illegitimate and adopted children, especially of humble origins, often develop narcissistic defenses to fend off persistent feelings of inadequacy and inferiority

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44. Vincent floundered desperately before him, knowing full well what was coming after years of watching Clay-Man in action, but helpless to fend off his own execution

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45. ” Carolyn gave her husband a stern look to fend off his scathing attack

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46. Meanwhile Victor was somehow perplexed and hardly had time to fend off missing strikes

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47. Social activity maybe started as a way to fend off the darkness

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48. What is love that can split even gold into half? Love is something that is as mysterious as magic, when it comes, it cannot be fend off

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49. at the same time, caused their attacking strokes to be so perfect that Zhan Donglai could barely fend off their attack strokes

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50. Nangong Ping knew that it was a hopeless situation as he tried to fend off

51. trembling as he used his fan to fend off Zhan Donglai attacks

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52. Damien wasn’t ready for her to date boys, and his attitude indirectly gave them permission to fend off any suitors

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53. He wanted the earth to open up and swallow him for the grave distress laid upon his heart when he found that all those around him did not stand up for him or even fend off the suspicions surrounding him, in spite of the honourable stance which he had previously maintained

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54. Edgar flapped his limbs frantically, as if his woefully absent wings might somehow fend off the fast-approaching bramble, but he promptly found his upper torso plunged through the foliage with his hind legs dangling without

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55. The Kolor had to raise the shield to fend off the blow

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56. position to fend off the blade if it came down at her

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57. Visola finally was able to fend off the bulk of her swarm of attackers and turned to swim toward the princess

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58. “You have no idea how great it is that I don’t have to fend off the nitwits who were always after me for my pills

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59. Aya had risen to her feet, positioning herself over Gabby, raising her hands to fend off the shadow, but now that she had returned her power to Gabby, they were equal

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60. By the means of the animals, the manure and the hay the boys managed to fend off frostbite but Olin counseled Andre that he and his friends should always keep their socks dry because it was wet and cold toes that could most quickly lead to frost damage to their feet

61. Liam, a trainer of Thorns, watched in horror as his new apprentice attempted to fend off a medium-sized cave spider in Teekwood Caverns

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62. Even Kifter could not fend off hunger

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63. Only then can GOOD positive living human grass-roots movements, and GOOD positive living energy fend off and begin ATTACKING negative energy

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64. Ray was busy trying to fend off the demons that were attacking the downed lion

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65. Gray houses run in converging lines to the horizon, bunched as if to fend off cold

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66. An hour later the Syracuse junior varsity improved their ancient coach’s day when they withstood a furious come-from-behind charge to fend off Navy—even as sirens wailed on the navy destroyer, urging the midshipmen on—to win the second race of the day

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67. To fend off fighter attack and hit narrow target islands, planes had to bunch very close together

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68. Too many of them were imbued with the philosophy that it was better to fend off unpleasantness today by promising their superiors whatever they wanted to hear for tomorrow

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69. He sometimes thought he never said anything to Diondra that was just pure talking, it was all verbal elbows and arms, trying to fend off her constant annoyance, say what she wanted to hear

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70. It should be noted, though, that even McDonald’s cannot stand still; it has recently introduced espresso on its menu, in part to fend off competitors such as Starbucks

71. This was not a real bankruptcy but rather a nearly sui generis use of bankruptcy law to fend off legal obligations

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72. For the same transparently cynical reasons that my old firm chose me to help Randall Kane fend off sexual harassment charges brought by his female employees, the prosecution has selected a black man, with the mild-mannered appearance of a college professor, to prosecute Dante Halleyville

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73. This setup has a tendency to take a few days to get started as bears fend off the dip-buying crowd

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74. He put up his hand as if to fend off the brightness of their faces from his eyes

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75. The day after, when a TV repair van slowed to seek an address, Emily stepped out to fend off any ill-mannered reporters who might nose in

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76. The recollection of other years and days in rains and fogs, the mother and her small creature, and the soot on that tiny face, and the cry of the woman herself, which was like a shrieking of brakes put on to fend off damnation

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77. The recollection of other years and days in rains and fogs, the mother and her small creature, and the soot on that tiny face, and the cry of the woman herself which was like a shrieking of brakes put on to fend off damnation

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78. They were so old, so very old, and got much older the farther away they marched, wildly gesticulating, as Dad threw up his hands to fend off the revelation, this wild image repeated to insanity

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79. TIN had adopted a poison pill defense in an attempt to fend off a hostile takeover by International Paper

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