averting

But he was still averting his eyes from death, and his biographer says he approached the end in denial.

Now the reelected president, having vanquished Mitt Romney, is all but dictating terms on averting the fiscal cliff.

Averting such an unwanted effect requires reaching a deal with President Obama and the Democrats.

If the cliff-averting deals were obvious and painless, they would have been concluded by now.

While both sides clearly have something to gain from averting the fiscal cliff, President Obama essentially holds all the cards.

Iuppiter might help at need in averting defeat and awarding victory, but it was with Mars that the general conduct of war rested.

The Girondists still met in Madame Roland's library to deliberate concerning measures for averting the impending ruin.

“A royal spy,” interrupted Birch, averting his face, and endeavoring to release his hand.

Glancing cursorily into the stereoscope, he even fancied that she was averting her eyes because she was ashamed.

"It's Sandy," she murmured, flushing scarlet and averting her face.