forfend
Example Sentences
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The reason is clear: Audiences gravitate toward the popular and shrink from the unknown or, heaven forfend, the challenging.
He once thought their greatest fear was a stiff primary challenge and the possibility — heaven forfend — of losing reelection.
From Los Angeles Times
Recently relocated to Paris from Los Angeles, Millepied has not — heaven forfend — been idle.
From New York Times
“It isn’t hard to see the Oscars on a track to becoming something like the National Book Awards” — heaven forfend! — “with way more glamorous presenters.”
From New York Times
Otherwise, he has to use — heaven forfend — a metal teapot.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.