She staved off panic and tried to organize her thoughts.
He had interested the king, and to some extent the nation, in a spirited foreign policy, had diverted their attention from domestic questions, and had staved off that parliamentary attack on the church which had been threatened fifteen years before.
Meanwhile in Turkey national bankruptcy was brought within measurable distance by the sultan's extravagance and the incompetence of his ministers; it was staved off only by loans contracted almost annually to pay the interest on their predecessors.
I also staved off hunger better when I kept up my water intake.
Mahmud to hope for revenge, and a renewal of the conflict was only staved off by the anxious efforts of the powers.
