Sentence examples for be averting from inspiring English sources
verb
To turn aside or away.
- To avert the eyes from an object.
But he also seemed to be averting his eyes from the bottom of the barrel.
Sharapova, meanwhile, may be averting her eyes from any sightings of bagels in Wimbledon village.
The more it complains about corporate irresponsibility, the more resolutely it seems to be averting its gaze from the underlying realities of those bank accounts.
I once asked him, in an email interview a dozen years ago, what do we do in a world that seems to be averting its face from the non-consumerist values of reading, literature, poetry, philosophy?
Musically and vocally, Close Call is surprisingly mannered for a rumination on prostitution, and even The Moneymaker, a track about a stripper with a thrusting bassline, seems to be averting its gaze.
With Paul Theroux apparently winding down, there might be an opening for Parks as a new laureate of international railways, but the intensity of this book suggests that he will not be averting his rapt gaze from Italy any time soon.
War can still be averted.
The worst may yet be averted.
So how can the danger be averted?
A High Court battle may be averted.
