Sentence examples for that averted from inspiring English sources

He arrived here a cringing cur that averted his eyes when he saw the judges, and they averted theirs.

Ultimately, a deal was reached that averted layoffs.

General Petraeus, the architect and executor of the troop "surge" that averted disaster in Iraq, has been credited intermittently with political ambitions, however adamantly he denies them.

Mr. Biden played a similar role in talks that averted a government shutdown at the 11th hour, over issues far less thorny than those on the table now.

The fund, in conjunction with our membership, our partners in Europe, and the wider global community, took steps that averted what could have been a much more severe European and even global crisis".

In January, in a year when he is running for re-election, Mr. Pataki proposed a $89 billion budget that averted steep cuts by spending much of the state's savings and shifting more costs to the federal government.

Russia brokered a deal between Syria and the UN last year that averted punitive US missile strikes.

Congress struck a new year's deal that averted automatic taxes rises, but merely kicked this particular can down the road until 1 March 2013.

But if it was wholly true, wouldn't the very creativity that averted CIT's looming bankruptcy have revealed itself among the many counterparties to Bear?

In the past, virus-resistant wild relatives of sugarcane and rice have helped produce new varieties that averted millions of dollars in losses.

A carefully-planned attempt that averted from the script at the last moment.