Examples of 'wanted to prevent' in a sentence

Meaning of "wanted to prevent"

wanted to prevent: This phrase indicates a desire or intention to stop or hinder something from happening. It suggests that there was a goal or objective to avoid or avert a particular outcome or event

How to use "wanted to prevent" in a sentence

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wanted to prevent
We wanted to prevent the situation from going bad.
But ultimately he wanted to prevent them too.
We wanted to prevent an article from being printed.
Would either of you have wanted to prevent me.
I only wanted to prevent even more bloodshed.
She even wondered if she wanted to prevent it.
He would wanted to prevent the second one.
This was due to the fact that the regime wanted to prevent the.
Macron wanted to prevent this at all costs.
This is what you wanted to prevent.
I just wanted to prevent him from fighting.
Those who stole the body and wanted to prevent dissection.
They wanted to prevent him from passing.
He had not started drinking again but wanted to prevent a possible relapse.
They wanted to prevent any attempt of questioning.

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That is why he wanted to prevent this.
We wanted to prevent the shoot out.
And he really wanted to prevent that.
I wanted to prevent you from giving me a farewell party.
Even if it was someone who wanted to prevent us from investigating her.
He wanted to prevent her from shooting anyone else.
This man on his knees wanted to prevent us from getting rich.
He wanted to prevent a friendship from forming.
A danger he wanted to prevent.
He wanted to prevent any kind of conflict.
Whoever sent the letter did not know and wanted to prevent the crime.
He also wanted to prevent his wedding.
He did not want to treat PTSD he wanted to prevent it.
And to think you wanted to prevent me from sharing it.
Wanted to prevent their escape.
Maybe they wanted to prevent that.
I wanted to prevent what happened to my father from happening to others.
Lucy and Paul wanted to prevent that.
He wanted to prevent him from passing or breaking through.
Lucy and Paul wanted to prevent it.
They wanted to prevent this in the first place.
The outcome that America wanted to prevent happened.
John wanted to prevent this happening.
This is the sorta thing I wanted to prevent.
I think he wanted to prevent any possibility.
As I agitated against militarism and wanted to prevent a war.
They just wanted to prevent people from dying.
That is exactly what our Founding Fathers wanted to prevent.
Rather she had wanted to prevent an escalation of violence.
That is what the Agriculture Committee wanted to prevent at all costs.
And he wanted to prevent a repetition of what he had seen.
Who said that they wanted to prevent this?
I wanted to prevent a second murder.
I only did this because I wanted to prevent it happening to anyone else.
I wanted to prevent future victims.

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Examples of using Wanted
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