A few plain words spoken by Lucy Calvert had Obviated that, for it was now quite clear that the man had been prompted by mere chivalrous pity and lust of excitement, and had no desire to win the girl's favor.
"A Prairie Courtship"
Harold Bindloss
When you are under the net, you can't bang them against the swaying muslin-this plan Obviated that difficulty, and is effective, only it needs a candle and matches inside the net, and might, at any moment, set the ship and Mandalay in a blaze: I mentioned this dire possibility, and G. said she would not do it if I were not near!
"From Edinburgh to India & Burmah"
William G. Burn Murdoch
This inconvenience was not wholly Obviated even by the lengthening of them.
"Makers of Modern Medicine"
James J. Walsh