Example Sentences

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And there was a hint the vaccine was warding off cancer.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 6, 2022

In my desperation I mimed playing it, as if that might clarify the situation, though it must have looked to them as if I was warding off bees.

From Washington Post • Mar. 16, 2015

Then she rubbed her head, like she was warding off a headache.

From "Auggie & Me" by R. J. Palacio

The light was so sudden and bright that I actually jumped back, raising my arms like I was warding off an intruder.

From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben

He was warding off the approach of Slump, who seemed bent on pestering him from malice or robbing him for profit.

From Ralph, the Train Dispatcher The Mystery of the Pay Car by Chapman, Allen