forstalled

She reached up to smack him again but this time he forstalled her.

Jed the Dead Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1997

Indeed the manifest absurdity of demanding it, seems to have quite forstalled the _setting up_ of such a claim.

The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus American Anti-Slavery Society

Indeed the manifest absurdity of demanding it, seems to have quite forstalled the _setting up_ of such a claim.

The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 1 of 4 American Anti-Slavery Society

Could it really be that my poster had forstalled his?

If I May 1919

It annoyed him, however, that he had been forstalled in the matter by this Committee.

To Him That Hath: a Tale of the West of Today Ralph Connor 1898

Chopin was about to break forth in an hysterical fury, forstalled him by jocosely crying: "Freddy, my old son, the trouble with you is that you have no Sand in you!"

Old Fogy His Musical Opinions and Grotesques James Huneker 1890

Perhaps he had forstalled Dean St.nley's advice in his rectorial address to the students of St. Andrew's University: "go to Burns for your theology," yet he remained a deeply religious man to the end, as we see from his letter (page 216), at the age of seventy-six.

James Watt Andrew Carnegie 1877

Furthermore, because ownership ends up being held by many hands, future work is often forstalled.

Slashdot: Your Rights Online 2009

W has forstalled any Israeli strike until he's out of office, therefore, both campaigns have been briefed that early next year, Israel will strike Iran starting a regional war.

Atlas Shrugs 2008

W has forstalled any Israeli strike until he's out of office, therefore, both campaigns have been briefed that early next year, Israel will strike Iran starting a regional war.

Atlas Shrugs 2008