6 sentences with 'bay'
Example sentences and phrases with the word bay and other words derived from it.
• « The Germans were held at bay until the main Soviet army was assembled. By November, the Germans were being beaten, and the German general in charge directly disobeyed Hitler and surrendered in February 1943. Here, the Germans were not in their element - urban warfare was not the same as Blitzkrieg (blitzkrieg), and the fanatical resistance of the Soviets (who paid with over 1.1 million casualties) stopped them. »
• « The US "domino effect" theory of the spread of communism from one country to another seemed entirely plausible at the time, and across the American political spectrum there was a strong consensus that communism could only be kept at bay through the application of military force. »
• « Since the collapse of the USSR, some Eastern European countries (e.g. the Czech Republic and Poland) have had at least some success in modernising their economies and keeping political corruption at bay. »
• « Runaway slaves formed so-called "Maroon" communities, groups that successfully resisted reconquest and formed their own autonomous groups. The most prominent of these communities lived in the interior of Jamaica, controlling the area and keeping the British at bay. »
• « Toussaint L'Ouverture, a former domestic slave, became the leader of the struggle against Spain and England for a Haiti free of slavery and further European colonialism. Since revolutionary France had abolished slavery, Toussaint aligned himself with France in the hope of keeping Spain and England at bay. »