Sentence examples for he was averse from inspiring English sources

Not that he was averse to sharing his spotlight.

Although he was averse to abstraction, my guess is he would have found the introduction to calculus here almost entirely painless, and sometimes a delight.

But Hal Steinbrenner, the Yankees' co-chairman, told General Manager Brian Cashman he was averse to adding to a $201 million payroll this year.

Not that he was averse to giving direction himself: given authority to order the engineer to stop if he thought of a particularly striking scene or composition, he did just that while riding a mile long freight train in Nevada.

3 For he was averse to inactivity, and wished to keep his skill as a commander in war, like any other possession, all the while in use and exercise.

But Yasay said that he was averse to the pressures from these major powers.

He is averse to schmoozing and phones and e-mail.

It's not that he's averse to success.

He's averse to algorithm politics – you input this value, you generate that result.

Nor he is averse to a singalong: in Australia he played the Neighbours theme tune.

President-elect Vladimir Putin faces a thorny dilemma: He is averse to change, but now faces a political landscape that demands it.