averted

Example Sentences

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Averted disasters: A World War II-era bomb, discovered in the U.K., blew up in a controlled detonation Saturday.

From Slate • Mar. 6, 2021

A Setback Seems Averted When the state began negotiating its ambitious plan to save the Everglades, key players were, notably, not invited.

From New York Times • Mar. 8, 2010

Trade War Averted It is the most comprehensive copyright-enforcement agreement ever negotiated by the U. S. with another country.

From Time Magazine Archive

Averted eyes and reluctant steps might have explained to me the purpose of this meeting, if I had believed that purpose to be possible.

From Edgar Huntly or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker by Brown, Charles Brockden

Last youngest of the sisters three, Skuld, Norna of Futurity, Implored to speak, stood silent by,— Averted was her tearful eye.”

From Myths of the Norsemen From the Eddas and Sagas by Guerber, H. A. (Hélène Adeline)