How to Use avert in a Sentence

avert

verb

• He sped up and averted an accident.
• The diplomatic talks narrowly averted a war.
• The last-minute deal averted a trial set to begin next Monday.
  — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 6 Jan. 2025
• Dockworkers reach a tentative deal to avert a major strike.
  — Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
• Skinner worried that our reaction to environmental catastrophe would come too late to avert it.
  — Debra Hendrickson, WIRED, 4 Jan. 2025
• Chang recalled the Biden administration's attempt to get China to help avert war leading up to the invasion.
  — Teny Sahakian, Fox News, 7 Mar. 2022
• Hit by soaring oil import costs and a dip in tourism revenue, Sri Lanka is racing to avert a default amid dwindling foreign-exchange holdings.
  — Time, 17 Mar. 2022
• Had both parties agreed to these terms then, thousands of Gazans might still be alive, and the recent destruction in the northern Gaza Strip could have been averted.
  — Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 16 Jan. 2025
• Morra details the key players and events that brought the two global superpowers to the brink of conflict - and what high-risk interventions were required to avert cataclysm.
  — CBS News, 23 Mar. 2022
• Lawmakers must pass the 2,741-page bill ahead of a Friday deadline when government funding is set to expire in order to avert a shutdown.
  — Annie Grayer, CNN, 9 Mar. 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
• Here are four things that can be done to avert this disaster: States should tune up databases now.
  — Gerard Vitti, STAT, 9 Apr. 2022
• 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

Last Updated: 2 Feb 2025