How to Use avert in a Sentence

avert

verb

• He sped up and averted an accident.
• The diplomatic talks narrowly averted a war.
• Your healthcare provider can instruct you on how to avert severe symptoms.
  — Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 29 Nov. 2024
• Investing in zero trust now can help avert such catastrophic losses in the future.
  — Rishit Lakhani, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
• The charity is urgently calling for donors to help avert the humanitarian crisis.
  — Guy Davies, ABC News, 16 June 2022
• Returning to the Red Flag Traffic Laws, the emphasis of using a red flag was to avert having a calamity to start with.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 29 June 2022
• Both sides have worked throughout the week to avert the 24-hour strike.
  — Oliver Darcy, CNN, 7 Dec. 2022
• But for now, there is still a chance to avert the worst outcome.
  — Alex De Waal, Foreign Affairs, 17 June 2024
• The Bank of England had to intervene to avert a wider crash.
  — Julia Horowitz, CNN, 9 Dec. 2022
• The agreement, reached late on April 26, averted a strike.
  — Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, 6 May 2024
• Many Israelis have preferred to avert their gaze from the rage at their doorstep.
  — Roger Cohen, New York Times, 20 Nov. 2023
• To avert a default, the House and the Senate must pass the deal and send it to Biden for his signature.
  — Jim Tankersley, BostonGlobe.com, 28 May 2023
• The bill that could avert a government shutdown heads to the Senate.
  — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 15 Nov. 2023
• Nor does Kennedy avert her eyes from the Troubles, the era during which her novel is set.
  — Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 6 Dec. 2022
• The union hopes to reach a contract and avert a potential strike before Aug. 1.
  — Shera Avi-Yonah, Washington Post, 8 June 2023
• India hopes to avert a repeat of that, but prospects appear dim.
  — Matthew Lee, ajc, 2 Mar. 2023
• In the last spending bill, some Democrats had to make concessions to avert a shutdown.
  — Ken Tran, USA TODAY, 15 Nov. 2022
• The two sides reached an agreement this week, averting a proxy battle.
  — Lila MacLellan, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2024
• While an agreement over benefits could avert a strike, the two sides still would have much work to do.
  — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2022
• Publicly, Biden aides have said the only way to avert a crisis is for Congress to act.
  — Jim Tankersley, New York Times, 2 May 2023
• Yet while the floods may have triggered an increase in the odor complaints, the reservoir’s presence could have helped to avert heavy damage in the area.
  — Hank Sanders, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2023
• If there’s a chance Trump is going to be the next president, some flattery might avert a lot of damage.
  — Gaby Del Valle, The Verge, 31 Oct. 2024
• That certainly would be an important big step to try to avert this.
  — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 18 Feb. 2024
• Both characters seem to avert their eyes from this moment.
  — Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 26 July 2022
• When a body washes up on a beach, Carmen tells her grandchildren to avert their eyes; by then, though, hers have been pried open.
  — Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2023
• Passage of the bill, just hours ahead of Saturday’s 12:01 a.m. shutdown deadline, set off a sprint in the Senate to avert a lapse in funding.
  — Catie Edmondson, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
• The captors demand the victims sacrifice one of their own to avert the apocalypse.
  — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 31 Jan. 2023
• In others, records suggest, companies could have taken steps to avert the tragedies.
  — Ames Alexander, Charlotte Observer, 14 May 2024
• Push could come to shove, and Biden might have to reach for a parliamentary trick—or, yes, a platinum coin—to avert disaster.
  — Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 4 Feb. 2023
• But the union agreed Friday to allow more time to negotiate, averting a strike for now.
  — Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2023

Last Updated: 22 Dec 2024