Examples of 'avert' in a sentence
Meaning of "avert"
To avert means to prevent or avoid something undesirable from happening, often by taking timely action
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- To turn aside or away.
- To ward off, or prevent, the occurrence or effects of.
- To turn away.
How to use "avert" in a sentence
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Petitions were filed to avert the reclamation projects.
Avert your eyes from the witch.
Have been unable to avert the dramatic failure.
Avert your eyes or risk being blinded by my awesomeness.
I think we should avert trouble before it starts.
To avert this they plan to go for internship.
You can easily avert this crisis.
You avert a war by signing a second autograph.
Some of the measures to avert pesticide pollution are.
To avert the risk of irreversible climate disruption.
We could possibly avert this deadly impact.
And avert the dangers of sectarian strife.
Gathering information to avert dangers to state security.
I avert my gaze until he gets the hint.
It would be advisable to avert family members as references.
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Avert your eyes if you are easily offended.
The point is to avert dangerous climate change.
The disaster you could not avert.
If we are to avert a natural disaster more help is needed.
The answer to which could avert a catastrophe.
I will avert my eyes from the violence.
There is one last chance to avert war.
We can avert war between our nations.
But most ladies avert their eyes.
Did not avert this rather unnecessary suicide.
You may want to avert your gaze.
Helping avert a repeat of the cartoon crisis.
I would suggest you avert your eyes.
Action to avert crisis over airport capacity.
And a father was stopping nothing to avert catastrophy.
I was lucky to avert it and escaped the country.
Killing her will not avert that.
You managed to avert a very unpleasant situation.
Perhaps he took them himself to avert suspicion.
I immediately avert my face after he notices my gaze.
But the helmsmen managed to avert an accident.
How to avert a panic attack before it starts.
You might want to avert your eyes.
Trying to avert unplanned pregnancy and STDs.
And a father was stopping nothing to avert catastrophe.
Diplomacy tends to avert conflict when it is applied.
The authorities demand strict avert decorum.
Another way to avert strife is to be slow to anger.
So wear special glasses or avert your eyes.
This will avert useless server requests.
This is too late to avert the harm.
Avert your eyes from her great beauty.
They are working to avert this unhappy scenario.
And the regime failed to avert war.
Serious measures to avert climate change damage.
