How to Use avert in a Sentence

avert

verb

• He sped up and averted an accident.
• The diplomatic talks narrowly averted a war.
• 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
• Macron shuttled from Moscow to Kyiv in a bid to ease tensions and avert a conflict.
  — WSJ, 9 Feb. 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
• Here are four things that can be done to avert this disaster: States should tune up databases now.
  — Gerard Vitti, STAT, 9 Apr. 2022
• The last-minute deal averted a trial set to begin next Monday.
  — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 6 Jan. 2025
• 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
• When Chloe gets intimate with a boy, the ghost averts its eyes and the image turns away — our instinct is to keep looking.
  — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2025
• 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
• In New Zealand, a spell is uttered at hair-cutting to avert thunder and lightning.
  — Melissa Magsaysay, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2022
• The captors demand the victims sacrifice one of their own to avert the apocalypse.
  — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 31 Jan. 2023
• The danger looks to be averted, as Kovacic recovers to collect Bellingham’s header, beating Garcia to the ball.
  — Liam Tharme, The Athletic, 12 Feb. 2025
• Unfortunately, this crucial information fell through the cracks, and six months later, the patient returned with metastatic cancer — an outcome that could have been averted with timely follow-up.
  — Rob El Kareh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025

Last Updated: 10 Mar 2025