How to Use deter in a Sentence

deter

verb

• Painting the metal will deter rust.
• Some potential buyers will be deterred by the price.
• Letting anger get the better of you will deter you from reaching your goals.
  — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2024
• Some states have closed major highways to deter drivers from getting behind the wheel.
  — Aya Elamroussi, CNN, 24 Dec. 2022
• Patrols have been stepped up around ballot box sites to deter further incidents.
  — Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
• Despite the ordeal, Becky hasn’t let the days of disruption at the end of her first trip abroad deter her.
  — Matthew Mulligan, NBC News, 20 Dec. 2022
• But research showed the 2021 payments did not deter parents from working.
  — oregonlive, 3 Jan. 2023
• Don’t let the idea of padded pants deter you, because this style is designed to fit close to the body, tapering down the leg with the hem hitting the ankle.
  — Barry Samaha, Robb Report, 5 Jan. 2023
• Can the United States deter a takeover of Taiwan by Beijing?
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 24 Oct. 2024
• That didn’t deter Hibbs or the Chino Valley Unified school board.
  — Gretchen Smail, Them, 31 Oct. 2024
• Florida officials have appealed to the U.S. government to do more to deter migrants from making the risky trek.
  — Arkansas Online, 6 Jan. 2023
• One yearslong legal battle successfully deterred a mine from breaking ground just outside North Utica.
  — Karina Atkins, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2024
• The administration says the two-pronged approach will deter migrants from taking a dangerous journey to the U.S. border.
  — Kate Linthicumstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2023
• Don’t let that deter you from putting out a bit for the birds.
  — cleveland, 23 Dec. 2022
• Wiredu does not seem to have been deterred by the raid.
  — CNN, 12 Mar. 2020
• Lag hasn’t been deterred from his mission to take gqom around the world.
  — Nadia Neophytou, Billboard, 31 July 2019
• The footage from those cameras will be used to deter and solve crime.
  — Talis Shelbourne, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2020
• The idea is that this will deter thieves from stealing iPhones to sell parts.
  — Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 19 Sep. 2024
• And many aren’t deterred by the prospect of legal action.
  — Sarah Jones, The New Republic, 27 Feb. 2018
• Don’t be deterred by the long line; the pros scooping the soft, slushy ices are lightning-fast.
  — Regan Stephens, Peoplemag, 8 Apr. 2024
• Don’t be deterred—get lost and ask a shepherd for help.
  — Kyre Chenven, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Oct. 2018
• That didn’t deter the 33-year-old from adding his mark, though.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 6 Aug. 2021
• But Quibi will not be deterred and the app launched right on schedule.
  — Adam Epstein, Quartz, 5 Apr. 2020
• The net’s purpose is to deter would-be jumpers and save those who do jump from death.
  — Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2024
• The battery can be locked in place to deter theft or removed.
  — Ted Slowik, Daily Southtown, 30 May 2018
• Run-ins with sharks and stinging sea lice haven’t deterred her.
  — Tammy Lagorce, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2023
• The obstruction call changed the scoreboard but didn't deter the Tigers.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 13 Apr. 2023
• Keep pushing that rock up the hill and don’t let anybody deter you.
  — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Dec. 2022
• While timid Mari’s impulse to call the police, her friends deter her.
  — Guy Lodge, Variety, 23 Jan. 2022
• But this won’t deter Baer from hitting the road once this all behind us.
  — Alisha Prakash, Travel + Leisure, 9 Apr. 2020

Last Updated: 15 Nov 2024