Sentence examples for an averted from inspiring English sources

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The phrase "an averted" is not correct in standard written English.
It is typically used in contexts where "averted" is a verb or adjective, but it requires a noun to follow it, making "an" inappropriate.
Example: "The averted crisis was a relief for everyone involved."
Alternatives: "averted situation" or "averted outcome."

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Thomas's kinks provide an averted mirror.

(The bisected gallery itself is like an averted golden rectangle).

The author sees a lot but at an averted angle, as if straight-on regard was too painful.

The Asian-inspired segment had flying martial-arts tricks out of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and an averted samurai execution with a somersaulting swordsman.

It has been hard not to think that an averted vision of sorts has been at work in the space program.

"Senators!" Burris said, and the two men made the same gestures as the pair in the elevator had: a friendly nod followed by an averted gaze.

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During visual-search testing, she performed more efficiently when the target was a direct-gaze face than when it was an averted-gaze face.

More importantly, she exhibited faster response times when the target was a direct-gaze than when it was an averted-gaze face, and this effect was not explained by the specific order of training tests used in this experiment.

"What I witnessed in Mozambique was a disaster averted," said Dr. Steven Gloyd, an international health specialist at the University of Washington who works with Mozambique.

"There is no justification for these things," he told a Catholic TV station.The attacks follow a narrowly averted disaster in August, when an Islamist gunman was overpowered on a packed high-speed train in northern France.

The company has suffered a series of embarrassments in the last year, including a narrowly averted financial crisis and a public dispute with two former senior executives over their large retirement pay packages.

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