It was obvious that she was extremely attracted to him, and extremely nervous about it, because she would look him in the eye for a few moments, and then avert her gaze and look at everything BUT him.
When the truth is just too horrible to face, the mind will go to great lengths to avert it, which, ironically, instead of protecting the psyche, only prevents a person from ever healing.
I didn't realize he was drunk until he sped through a red light, only just managing to avert a serious accident.
She saw me, but then chose to avert her eyes and pretend she hadn't.
I saw the child running toward the street just in time to avert certain disaster.
More than once in my life, modesty has forced me to avert my eyes.
1. We averted our eyes from looking at the solar eclipse.
2. the truck driver averted an accident by driving onto the grassy bank.
Example: Susan avoided the open manhole, averting a nasty fall.
To avert is to turn away or to prevent. You might avert your gaze or avert a disaster — either way, you are avoiding something
close In some contexts, the word court would be the antonym for avert. For example, by his wise policies, he was able to avert disaster. By his foolish policies, he courted disaster.
use it by saying- how can you use the word ebullient in a sentence?
Just use it! Or do you mean, can you use the word beheld in a sentence.
You can use the word feces in a sentence to mean excrement.
I will drive on the sidewalk to avert the loss of life. Please avert your eyes while I undress.
avert sentence
I was able to narrowly avert an accident.
"I had to avert my eyes, the sun was so blinding."
A warning system could have averted the disaster. In an attempt to avert a head-on collision, she swerved and struck a tree.
To avert is to turn away or to prevent. You might avert your gaze or avert a disaster — either way, you are avoiding something
The small aircraft taxied out of the way just in time to avert a possibly horrific accident.
Averted is a verb. It's the past tense of avert.
close In some contexts, the word court would be the antonym for avert. For example, by his wise policies, he was able to avert disaster. By his foolish policies, he courted disaster.
use it by saying- how can you use the word ebullient in a sentence?
Anecdote is used correctly but there is a mismatch between "a company" and "avert" - probably in the tense.
Can you use the word concluding in a sentence? Done.