English example sentences with "averse"

He believed the superstition that Christians were averse to learning.

This investment is not for the risk-averse.

I'm not averse to a good night out.

I'm not averse to meeting Tom.

I am constitutionally averse to getting carried away with feelings.

In fact, almost every kind of winter sport was to be indulged in, with the exception of skating, for the king was averse to that amusement, and never included it in his entertainments.

To say that a cat is instinctively averse to water means that it is the cat's natural reaction towards it.