One of the best preventatives of forgery is to write the initials of the name--that is, write them in combination--without lifting the pen.
It would also be desirable to prevent the procreation of syphilitic infants, for instance, by the use of preventatives (vide Chapter XIV).
It is difficult to think of preventatives without being conscious that premeditation of the physical act is being emphasized, and the ideal of a natural incident almost banished.
I believe, too, that every moral influence should be brought to bear against marriages where the physical or mental degeneracy[12] of the parents renders the use of preventatives desirable.
To this class of conduct artificial preventatives are closely allied.
There is no doubt however that, apart from ideals, preventatives are a means of averting more serious evils.
But in the last half century we have learned much about the ills of grapes and now know preventatives or remedies for most of them.
Glass rings, manufactured by Druidical priests, were worn by the ancient Britons, as preventatives against witchcraft and the machinations of evil spirits.
Indeed the people lived in constant dread of evil spirits; and, to frustrate their evil intentions, they, in addition to the preventatives already mentioned, always kept consecrated articles under their pillows.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "preventatives" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
