How to Use averse to in a Sentence

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  • Why was Ryan so averse to spending more time with the tribe?
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 17 Nov. 2022
  • The $4 wine pours may be gone, but Olivecrona’s not averse to a good deal.
    Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 29 Sep. 2022
  • The United States has not been averse to changing boundaries by force.
    Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 24 Mar. 2024
  • Texas is even more averse to the arc, averaging 12.2 3s per game.
    Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Voss has been averse to talking with reporters and couldn’t be reached for comment.
    Jordan Michael Smith, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2024
  • But this is Janet Jackson, a rare celebrity who is averse to over sharing.
    Gloria Alamrew, refinery29.com, 30 Jan. 2022
  • For those averse to math, that's 32 minutes shorter (about 4 percent).
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, has been averse to the app’s teaming up with or promoting news accounts.
    Mike Isaac, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Nadya Tolokonnikova has long been averse to the idea of national borders.
    Anna Tingley, Variety, 18 Mar. 2022
  • Why is music’s biggest night so averse to giving Black women their due?
    Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Swift, though not averse to jeans and a tank on a summer day, for example, is usually one to look Dressed to Impress at all times.
    Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Picky eaters are people who are hesitant to try new foods or are averse to certain smells, tastes, or textures.
    Health Editorial Team, Health, 9 June 2024
  • That’s not to suggest that the show, which recently ended its third season, is averse to over-the-top parody.
    Elizabeth Nelson, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2023
  • But to your point, Geoffrey, there are some lenders which were fairly averse to taking merchant risks.
    Jason Kaminsky, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2023
  • At first, Chad was averse to opening up about that part of the band’s history in the movie, but bandmate Ryan Peake convinced him otherwise.
    Eric Andersson, Peoplemag, 30 Mar. 2024
  • And then there was another one that had no flavor, just in case people were averse to that flavor profile.
    Keith Nelson, Men's Health, 31 Mar. 2023
  • And more generally, why is Emily so averse to the prospect of just … meeting a hot person … and dating them … in a normal way?
    Jessica Goldstein, Vulture, 23 Dec. 2021
  • This makes regular lenders more averse to lending to early-stage startups, which, in turn, hampers the startup’s growth.
    William Mullane, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2024
  • Beck isn’t averse to helping dirty industries, like fossil fuels, clean up their act.
    Alan Murray, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2023
  • And aside from the artists who are avidly anti-TikTok, some aren’t averse to the platform but aren’t marketing experts either.
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 10 July 2024
  • That has created a culture averse to taking price risk and with a low tolerance for failure.
    Devika Krishna Kumar, Fortune, 11 Feb. 2023
  • Mary Anne’s brother, Isaac, apparently as averse to change as his father, succeeded him in the same job.
    James Wood, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Singhal is far from alone among Floridians who are averse to Sullivan.
    Matt Ford, The New Republic, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Well, according to the celebrity rumor mill, Taylor Swift wasn't averse to meeting Travis Kelce after all.
    Glamour, 16 Sep. 2023
  • That’s already challenging enough, made moreso by the fact GM Jerry Dipoto isn’t averse to trading away key pieces even if the club is in contention.
    Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 21 July 2023
  • For those not averse to heat and humidity, summer brings a different tempo to Japan.
    Danielle Demetriou, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Those averse to octopus should give it another try as carpaccio.
    Kendyl Kearly, Baltimore Sun, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Was this approach the reflection of a man intrinsically averse to risk?
    Harvey Araton, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Even that less draconian approach seemed overly risk averse to Mr. Gu.
    Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Mar. 2022
  • These fitness buds offer good sound quality and heart rate tracking, which can be very helpful for anyone averse to wearing a smartwatch or who has wrist tattoos that block the sensors in them.
    Antonio G. Di Benedetto, The Verge, 10 July 2024

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