| 1. | To obviate the danger of this threat being fulfilled, Mr. - from Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte |
| 2. | That will obviate all difficulties you know and from _us_ I really think, my dear Jane, you can have no scruple to accept such an accommodation.. - from Emma by Jane Austen |
| 3. | In order to obviate any delays possible through any routine requirements as to payment in your departments, we enclose cheque herewith for ten pounds, receipt of which please acknowledge. - from Dracula by Bram Stoker |
| 4. | Having approached this structure, I looked inside, and perceived it to be a singular sort of old-fashioned couch, very conveniently designed to obviate the necessity for every member of the family having a room to himself. - from Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte |
| 5. | To obviate the fatigue of mounting and descending the stairs, we fitted up this, where you lie at present--on the same floor with the parlour and she was soon strong enough to move from one to the other, leaning on Edgar's arm. - from Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte |
| 6. | A useful and graciously austere half-light which dissipates puerile fears and obviates falls. - from Les Miserables by Victor Hugo |
| 7. | He had always held them to be a kind of litigation which could have been obviated by the prompt killing of the masculine offender--in which case he would have gladly defended the killer. - from The Best American Humorous Short Stories by Various |