forefend
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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Heaven forefend Amazon would use robots to make chores less laborious, as it has for warehouse work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025
Heaven forefend, this might have pushed them to work longer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2025
Oh, Charinus, By my imprudence, unless Heav’n forefend, I’ve ruin’d both myself and you.
From The Comedies of Terence by Colman, George
If her skin it is wrinkled—ah, God forefend her!
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV. by Leighton, Alexander
But every one finds himself asking by what means it would be possible to forefend some of these evils.
From Village Life in China A Study in Sociology by Smith, Arthur H.
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