put off

Example Sentences

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"I think a lot of people get put off very early on because they don't see any role models or people like them in some of the places they look," she said.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

People can only put off home repairs for so long, UBS analysts said in a recent note.

From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026

Alito attended Princeton during the Vietnam War and was put off “by very privileged people behaving irresponsibly,” as he later described his classmates.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

Buyout firms for decades were put off by rules against nonlawyers’ controlling legal practices and other logistical barriers to investment.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

And yet here it was, waiting on me to do something I’d put off since the funeral.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia