| 1. | He had carried it in before I could forestall him. - from Dracula by Bram Stoker |
| 2. | 'Oh' said I, 'I shall not forestall Jane I left her dancing with Mr. - from Emma by Jane Austen |
| 3. | This night forestall him of the coming da. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 4. | I shall forestall thee, Lord Ulysses, tho. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 5. | He would forestall blame and disarm anger with kindness--he would purchase Hannah a bonnet. - from The Best American Humorous Short Stories by Various |
| 6. | But to forestall the French with his whole army was impossible. - from War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy |
| 7. | "I was about to offer myself, sir," said the priest "it is our mission to forestall our duties.. - from The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, Pere |
| 8. | If your mind dislike anything, obey it I will forestall their repair hither, and say you are not fit. - from Hamlet by William Shakespeare |
| 9. | As for the six hundred thousand francs, you do not mention them to me, but I forestall your thought, they are a deposit. - from Les Miserables by Victor Hugo |
| 10. | But owing to his love of activity he exercises more than any other type and thus forestalls many diseases. - from How to Analyze People on Sight by Elsie Lincoln Benedict and Ralph Paine Benedict |