How to Use prevent in a Sentence

prevent

verb

• He grabbed my arm to prevent me from falling.
• How are you going to prevent him from finding out about the party?
• The accident could have been prevented.
• Can exercise and a healthy diet prevent heart disease?
• Bad weather prevented us from leaving.
• Seatbelts in cars often prevent serious injuries.
• This helps a skin form on the jam and prevents it from leaking out the top of the cookies.
  — Carrie Honaker, Southern Living, 30 Nov. 2024
• But the loss of crop from the freezes prevented them from doing so.
  — Evan Lasseter, ajc, 10 July 2023
• And the only way to prevent that is to burn the person or bind them … Tylee was burned.
  — Jonathan Vigliotti, CBS News, 13 May 2023
• More for you These ‘bioswales’ were built to help prevent flooding.
  — Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Mar. 2023
• The Anvil blade features a sap groove to prevent sticking.
  — Renee Freemon Mulvihill, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 May 2023
• The stand is made out of acacia and includes feet on the bottom to prevent scratches.
  — Jessica Comstock, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Jan. 2024
• What can be done to prevent and deter bats from entering your home in the first place?
  — Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 27 June 2023
• Eiland said the only way to stop Hamas and bring an end to the yearlong war is to prevent its access to aid.
  — Julia Frankel, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2024
• Plus, the wide straps are lined with soft microfiber to prevent chafing and blisters.
  — Sara Coughlin, SELF, 18 June 2024
• Also, be sure to wet the inside of the mold with a little water to prevent the rice from clinging to it.
  — Hetal Vasavada, Bon Appétit, 18 Feb. 2024
• Comics rely on censors to prevent them from going over the line.
  — Chang Che, The New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2024
• Live sporting events are one of the last things preventing people from cutting the cord.
  — Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 7 Feb. 2024
• The stones also weigh down the vase to counteract any heavy stems and prevent it from toppling.
  — Mackenzie Nichols, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 June 2024
• Will bad weather prevent him from having the chance to attempt it?
  — Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 26 May 2024
• It is made of a soft cotton-fleece blend fabric, a zipper garage to prevent chafing and a high neck.
  — Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 19 Feb. 2024
• When the pattern of the multipart plan to prevent the transfer of power started to take shape.
  — Luke Broadwater, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2023
• Lee Kun Hee, late chairman of Samsung, went to great lengths to prevent unions from forming.
  — Rachel Ventresca, Fortune Asia, 7 June 2024
• Skip to end of carousel The Title 42 border policy was invoked at the start of the pandemic to help prevent the spread of covid.
  — Alexandra Hinojosa, Washington Post, 15 May 2023
• When Black people were stopped by the police, Panthers would gather at the scene in an effort to prevent abuse.
  — Gayle Fleming, CNN, 20 Feb. 2023
• These NFTs can also help prevent fraud in the case of claims since their smart contracts can be verified to pay out claims.
  — Anthony Georgiades, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2023
• Wear safety glasses to prevent a leaf or tendril from whipping in your eye and a face mask or scarf over your face.
  — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 July 2024
• Boeing failed to set up a proper system to prevent and detect fraud.
  — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 1 July 2024
• But something is preventing me from leaping out of the tub, throwing on my clothes, and joining them.
  — Al Pacino, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2024
• On the bright side, since persistently high inflation, induced by hefty tariffs, would prevent the Fed from lowering borrowing costs, cash-like and bond investments could keep some of their luster for a little longer, too.
  — Bryan Mena, CNN, 1 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 16 Dec 2024