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

He who had that meaning was averting no inundation.

From Matisse Picasso and Gertrude Stein With Two Shorter Stories by Stein, Gertrude

I knew she believed she was averting the wrath of P�l�, and I gasped with horror at her awful resolution.

From The White Man's Foot by Allen, Grant

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 Garnett, Constance