Examples of 'could not prevent' in a sentence

Meaning of "could not prevent"

could not prevent - This phrase indicates the inability to stop, avert, or hinder a particular outcome, event, or situation from occurring. It suggests that despite efforts or intentions to avoid or mitigate a problem, obstacle, or incident, those attempts were ultimately unsuccessful

How to use "could not prevent" in a sentence

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could not prevent
They could not prevent the disaster.
What happened is something we could not prevent.
Wolverine could not prevent his hesitation.
My head hangs in shame as we could not prevent it.
He could not prevent fairies stealing away.
I saw it coming but could not prevent it.
We could not prevent the worst scenario.
Disturbances that government could not prevent.
But he could not prevent his ear.
Kuenen was a big opponent of this plan but could not prevent it.
Yagoda could not prevent the arrest.
And the corporation could not prevent it.
We could not prevent to not be together.
Yet colonial administrators could not prevent permanent settlement.
He could not prevent the peace from being signed.
Ashamed we could not prevent.
I could not prevent bad weather.
I was locked in here and could not prevent his foolish act.
Yabu could not prevent what was about to happen.
In such cases the husband could not prevent the separation.
He could not prevent his own.
The assurances given by those countries could not prevent torture.
The state could not prevent the sale.
Since even his own fundamental principles could not prevent him from.
They could not prevent it either.
The funds were so beautiful that we could not prevent us from making a dive.
We could not prevent it.
He reluctantly accepted that these measures could not prevent a return to deficit spending.
I could not prevent it.
This strategy was interesting but could not prevent the formation of bridged molecules.
Nessling resisted the transfer of marketing responsibilities to other hands but could not prevent it.
Even a storm could not prevent the pilgrims of hope.
Roman men could divorce their wives and fathers could not prevent such divorces.
And so they could not prevent him from leaving.
Treatments could only suppress them temporarily and could not prevent them from recurring.
Socalled roofs could not prevent the water from pouring inside.
The lower order scored quickly on the final morning but could not prevent a heavy defeat.
Kanizsai objected but could not prevent the closure of his own school.
But there were some things even Mama could not prevent.
Even a measurement error could not prevent the discovery of this exoplanet.
For the economic interests of the state, but could not prevent.
The city officials could not prevent the disaster that would follow.
The German Football Association objected but could not prevent this step.
At one point she could not prevent her head from banging against nearby furniture.
Job was not arguing that God could not prevent evil.
Hugues could not prevent military action from both sides and the war continued for decades.
Satisfying the leftist opposition could not prevent a party split in the long run.
He could not prevent fairies stealing away Christian men and women.
The culture of a thousand years could not prevent this stream of blood being poured out.
On the other hand, the study also indicated that fenugreek treatment could not prevent anorexia.

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