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Example sentences for "obviates"

Lexicographically close words:
obus; obverse; obvia; obviate; obviated; obviating; obvious; obviously; obviousness; ocasion
  1. This portion of the bandage can be put on before the operation and obviates movement of the head.

  2. Stitching the periosteum together obviates the latter to a certain extent.

  3. Limousin[81] has devised an apparatus for the preparation of oxygen by the attendants of hospitals, which obviates the risk of bursting of the retorts, attending its preparation by the old method.

  4. Dr Crocker, of University College Hospital, strongly recommends thymol lotion to be prepared with glycerin, which, he says, obviates the drying effect upon the skin produced by aqueous or spirituous solutions of the thymol alone.

  5. This simple and ingenious contrivance, obviates the necessity of keeping a book.

  6. A reference to the engraving obviates a lengthened explanation.

  7. This, in case of accident, obviates the necessity of waiting at the forge while the smith manufactures one--and of course on arrival at home it can readily be changed for a more durable foot-protector.

  8. The tongue is endowed with immense susceptibility to pain or pressure, and any undue compression of it causes intense suffering and fretting, and entirely obviates the action of the bridle.

  9. The utilisation of these aeroplanes obviates the necessity to throw out ballast to rise, or to let out gas for a descent.

  10. Now a wedge ready to hand, nailed to the window by its chain, so that it cannot be lost or mislaid, obviates all this, and the window is secured at once and rest is insured simply by a little precaution and forethought.

  11. The system adopted in pursuance of existing laws seems well calculated to save the country a large amount of interest, while it affords conveniences and obviates dangers and expense in the transmission of funds to disbursing agents.

  12. This obviates the chief evil of the present system, namely, the discrimination due to different shrinkages, and thereby tends greatly to equalize the duty.

  13. It is positive in its operation and its simplicity obviates its getting out of order.

  14. The doors are arranged for a Wide Opening and so hinged that the door will offer no resistance to large obstructions, and so obviates any tendency to overturn the car when dumping.

  15. The Recess in the center receives a Bracket which projects down from the Tank into the Recess and prevents any movement of the Tank and obviates the necessity of blocking at ends, which is the frequent cause of a leaky tank.

  16. The grant of an augmentation to any cadet obviates the slightest necessity for any further use of difference marks inherited before the grant.

  17. This obviates the necessity of counting the holes, and prevents liability to error in the counting.

  18. This device is used to take a very light finishing cut only, and is found to answer very well, because it obviates the necessity of fine measurement in finishing the thread.

  19. It also obviates the unnecessary working of the pump when the desired air pressure has been obtained.

  20. The driving arm D is adjustable along B, and by being bent to the form shown is more out of the way, and obviates the necessity of using a dog on many kinds of work.

  21. It will here be observed that using the dogs obviates the necessity for parallel pieces, when the work has projections at the back face as shown in the cut.

  22. Our universe possesses a self-regulatory locale-control that obviates the contingency of perilous placement of an individual.

  23. Then he caught hold of himself and said with rigid calm, "We merely have held the children within a field of radiation that obviates the necessity of their taking alimental nourishment.

  24. The use of a heavy wooden roller would contribute towards this result, inasmuch as it obviates the use of force, and the pressure is almost entirely in a vertical direction.

  25. It is wrong to imagine, however, that the establishment of such leguminous cover-plants obviates weeding.

  26. A stroke eased in time, like a stitch, often saves nine, and perhaps obviates sticking in the bank.

  27. Revy obviates this by enclosing the counter in a brass box with a glass face.

  28. The common practice of regulating the rights of husband, wife and children by marriage settlements obviates the hardships of the common law--at least for the women of the wealthier classes.

  29. Their treatment at present obviates the necessity of repetition, and prepares the reader for the special consideration of their occurrence in the various structures and systems of the body.

  30. Kibbie has invented a fever-cot which obviates the ordinary difficulties of this mode of treatment.

  31. The waving line, as Hogarth's line of beauty, obviates the first difficulty.

  32. But if pure heated air is introduced into the room, it obviates the necessity of the introduction of the external air.

  33. The interior surface of this membrane secretes a watery fluid, that lubricates the exterior of the heart, and obviates friction between it and the pericardium.

  34. It obviates the extra cost of making coils of several different shapes.

  35. This obviates the necessity of bands to resist the centrifugal force acting on the inductors.

  36. In many cases in fact it is highly beneficial, as it relieves the head from pressure, and thus obviates many inconveniences.

  37. Its open texture allows a rapid evaporation, which tends to keep the back cool, and obviates the danger of stripping and sudden exposure of the heated parts to the sun and air.

  38. This simple process can be executed in about half an hour if there be fuel for heating, and obviates the necessity of cutting and welding the tire.

  39. We cannot here discuss the advantages or disadvantages of this plan, but it certainly obviates some of the evils of aggregation evidenced in English asylums, consisting of one continuous structure.

  40. The plan advocated obviates all these evils, so far as practicable.

  41. Each numbered division on the beam corresponds to one milligram, and the use of the rider obviates the placing of very small fractional weights on the balance pan.

  42. The plan obviates the necessity of a detailed description.

  43. The plan exhibits the relative positions of the remains and their predominating features, and obviates the necessity of a particular description, which at best would be intricate and obscure.

  44. The addition of the cotton improves the colour and obviates bleaching of the garment.

  45. These are arranged along the bar with a given number clamped under a metal piece, and when a needle breaks this clamp is removed at that region only which obviates needles being uncovered for the whole width.

  46. A method has been adopted at the Bank of Ireland which obviates this inconvenience.


  47. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "obviates" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.