How do you use Averted in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Averted meaning
- Turned away, especially as an expression of feeling.
- Turned or directed away (from something).
Using Averted
- The main meaning on this page is: Turned away, especially as an expression of feeling. | Turned or directed away (from something).
- In the example corpus, averted often appears in combinations such as: been averted, was averted, be averted.
Context around Averted
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 7 middle, 10 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Averted
- In this selection, "averted" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 20.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, narrowly, deal, firefighters, strike, crisis and disaster stand out and add context to how "averted" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include can be averted and and mazariegos averted their eyes. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "averted" sits close to words such as accompanies, affiliations and agrarian, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with averted
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
This dangerous precedent must be averted. (6 words)
More than 200 threats to life were averted. (8 words)
Mostly, Nail and Mazariegos averted their eyes from the gawkers. (10 words)
Still, the new poll adds to evidence of U.S. support for labor unions during a year marked by strikes in Hollywood, a walkout that was narrowly averted by Teamsters at United Parcel Service, and now the picket lines outside auto plants. (42 words)
BBC Radio 4 Today programme, Eluned Morgan said: "We're still talking to the trade unions on this matter, we haven't averted strike action yet, but the clock is ticking. (31 words)
The plea deal averted the possibility of a prolonged and emotional trial, coming nearly seven months after the November attack on the Club Q nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado. (29 words)
Example sentences (20)
Acting deputy fire chief Mark Shannon said the quick actions of local firefighters averted a crisis.
A possible war on the island was averted when the advanced batteries were diverted to Greece.
Arguably, if either Russia or China had used its veto, the carnage and devastation in Libya could have been averted.
BBC Radio 4 Today programme, Eluned Morgan said: "We're still talking to the trade unions on this matter, we haven't averted strike action yet, but the clock is ticking.
Early on, I averted my eyes and tried to conceal the truth.
If genetically modified pig organs can withstand the human body and work in transplants for the long term, the crisis could be averted.
In Netflix’s new animated miniseries “Carol & the End of the World,” the question is not whether the apocalypse can be averted.
May we wake up as a population and ask ourselves whether there is more we can do to ensure that future transgressions of human rights can be averted.
More than 200 threats to life were averted.
Mostly, Nail and Mazariegos averted their eyes from the gawkers.
Partly due to mild winters, liquefied gas imports and power outages, a very serious crisis seems to have been averted for the time being.
Sam kissed Dante over the averted crisis as Sydney cracked jokes about the red carpet being dangerous.
Still, the new poll adds to evidence of U.S. support for labor unions during a year marked by strikes in Hollywood, a walkout that was narrowly averted by Teamsters at United Parcel Service, and now the picket lines outside auto plants.
That was a 50/50 ball as it lay on the ground, but the Comets kept possession and averted disaster.
The crisis was eventually averted and the bombers stood down.
The deal averted a more dire situation, with food prices having soared at grocery stores just 12 months ago due to inflationary pressures caused by the ongoing war.
The dollar settled on weekly basis this year only once CNY7.30, and it was narrowly averted last week (CNY7.2990).
The mid-air collision was averted after the warning systems alerted the pilots of both the planes, thus preventing a major tragedy from taking place, reports said.
The plea deal averted the possibility of a prolonged and emotional trial, coming nearly seven months after the November attack on the Club Q nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
This dangerous precedent must be averted.
Common combinations with averted
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- been averted 27×
- was averted 25×
- be averted 17×
- averted when 10×
- averted the 10×
- have averted 10×
- averted by 7×
- and averted 6×
- averted strike 4×
- narrowly averted 4×