avert
verb (used with object)
to turn away or aside.
was averting
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past progressiveof avert.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Mr. de Bretton-Gordon said iodine pills could do only so much and the best prevention was averting the conflict — and readiness.
From New York Times ● Mar. 12, 2022
Glancing cursorily into the stereoscope, he even fancied that she was averting her eyes because she was ashamed.
From Dream Tales and Prose Poems by Constance Garnett
He who had that meaning was averting no inundation.
From Matisse Picasso and Gertrude Stein With Two Shorter Stories by Gertrude Stein
