Sentence examples for it averted from inspiring English sources

It was a victory for tenacious diplomacy, and its supporters argue, with some justification, it averted another war in the Middle East as well as being a significant victory against nuclear proliferation.

Using data from Colorado, we estimated that if it averted five cases annually, the system would recover all its costs.

But it averted a heavy loss.

The outgoing Congress went up to the final minutes, amid much angst, before it averted the fiscal crisis.

The military said it averted a larger attack on the base, at Palaly, by firing at the oncoming aircraft.

Was it averted because there is wise and popular government, or has some kind of social shock merely been postponed?

Guy Schooling, Sworders's managing director, said in an interview that the company thought it had averted trouble when, before an auction in February, it locked up its rhino-horn trophies and hired security guards to patrol the premises.

"I found it in binoculars first, then could barely see it with averted vision".

As it turned out, though, crisis was averted; it became cathartic, as if they needed to look into the abyss to get going.

A life-threatening situation has been narrowly averted; it's a quickly readable scenario that plays on the emotions.

I still file bills and invoices there, but I do it with eyes averted, just dipping a hand in.