English example sentences with "averted"

He averted his gaze.

A catastrophe has been averted.

She averted her eyes.

He averted his eyes.

When I want to be sure I remember where I have put an object, I mustn’t do it with averted eyes, but while putting it away look at it so intently, as if I were taking a photo.

That danger can be averted.

Meanwhile, with beaten breasts and streaming hair, / the Trojan dames, a sad and suppliant train, / the veil to partial Pallas' temple bear. / Stern, with averted eyes the Goddess spurns their prayer.

Tom averted his eyes.

Tom quickly averted his eyes.

I quickly averted my eyes.

Mary quickly averted her eyes.

We quickly averted our eyes.

The rear-end collision could have been averted if those involved had kept to the recommended safe distance.

The danger hasn't yet been averted.

Rodrigo caught Melissa looking and him and she quickly averted her gaze.

Tom averted an accident.

Yemen faced possible famine in late 2018, but donors stepped up and averted a catastrophe.