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Discover LudwigThe phrase "averts from" is not correct in standard written English.
The correct usage would typically be "averts" without the preposition "from," as "avert" means to prevent or avoid something.
Example: "She averted her gaze from the unpleasant scene."
Alternatives: "prevents" or "avoids".
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During these cycles, her gaze rarely averts from the television screen and my words bounce of her like rubber.
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His gaze was averted from the camera.
The tourist keeps his eyes averted from him.
Eyes appropriately averted from Enfield, the cast rehearse the wedding.
Absurdly, the four of them kept their gazes averted from me.
And, with eyes rigidly averted from the window curtains, she left.
All the works amassed here feature subjects whose eyes are covered, abstracted or otherwise averted from the viewer's gaze.
I think our eyes have been averted from the capital/labor dimension of inequality, for several reasons.
With a few heart-warming exceptions they stand and talk to me with eyes averted from the pram.
She began "Soleá" by sitting still, her face averted from the audience and her focus entirely on her musicians.
That is, of course, if you can keep your eyes averted from the train wrecks going on at the bottom of the standings.
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