No surprise, one's total concentration on words and structure provided a necessary antidote to the heady effect of a live performance.

He found in its intricacies the necessary antidote to his misery.

We learned that the Aras infect entire planets deliberately and then later supply the necessary antidote at exorbitant prices.

Mr. D'Amato has defended his approach as a necessary antidote to gun-related crimes.

And it offers a necessary antidote to the so-called New Pragmatism, architecture's latest intellectual hoax.

Almost everything they say and do is anathema, or a necessary antidote, to MTV's chronic political correctness.

Perhaps it's a necessary antidote to their structured way of life.

This provides a necessary antidote to the dozens of television programs that have created a false impression of Simenon as a charming, noir-ish author.

As adults know, a break from work is a necessary antidote for stress.