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    avert


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    1. He pauses to see what effect the news will have on her, but Teekra displays no emotion, does not avert her eyes from his gaze


    2. In Practice: avert


    3. He told them they were free to explore as they wished, but he pointed out, they would be a point of curiosity for the people and the presence of his warriors would avert any undo fear of the strangers


    4. that was to come, we could help prepare for it or avert it, but it


    5. If I’d had a weapon with me I might have been able to avert this tragedy


    6. Whatever they may, be, I fervently beseech the Almighty to avert or mitigate the evils to which they may tend


    7. Human sacrifices were offered to avert threatening calamities, and even as the troops invested the capital, two young slave girls had their throats quietly cut in the confines of the palace, their blood being poured out as a libation to the gods to act against the invading white man


    8. Or it is predestined, in which case foreknowledge cannot avert it


    9. He hated the Patriarch with all his heart, but he hated himself even more for failing to do everything in his power to avert this damnable catastrophe unfolding before his eyes


    10. How awful! she thought, but she couldn’t avert her eyes

    11. She looked like the lamb who was now thoroughly assured of her fate, and helpless to avert it


    12. In such a short moment, he understood that his sword had not managed to avert


    13. At some point in Man’s early development an appeal was thought to have been made to this Presence (there have been many representations for this entity who we now call God),to arbitrate between equally demanding claims to leadership in order to avert the chaos inherent within a physically contested resolution


    14. Among the Ani’ Yun’-wiya it was considered bad manners to stare at a person, but among the Mexica it was considered a weakness to avert your eyes from such a stare


    15. I will firmly confront and avert it


    16. “Hmmm, where’s Angie with our lunch?” Manda looked towards the crowded counter, trying to avert his eyes


    17. Greatest God to come and help in time of need, and to avert the violence of the fierce aggressor, and when they filled the temple with


    18. ” I said watching her tense then avert her gaze; my ire overcame me


    19. need to foster international solidarity among the mass of the working class and thus to avert the threat of a major war in Europe


    20. Penn’s sudden request, glad to avert her need to respond

    21. 15 Well; since I have done this said he be the cause what it may shall I not enter with or without your consent? 16 And when the priests fell down in their sacred vestments imploring the Greatest God to come and help in time of need and to avert the violence of the fierce aggressor and when they filled the temple with Lamentations and tears 17 then those who had been left behind in the city were scared and rushed out uncertain of the event


    22. Fisheries Service agent assisted by the Coast Guard used a proper mix of diplomacy and threatened fire power to avert an international incident in contested lobster waters in October 1972


    23. Ashat flipped, and move to his left to avert it


    24. These investments will help avert disaster and also bring with it


    25. All their efforts to avert these events had come to nought


    26. The management had decided to avert the


    27. Gary David died in his attempt to avert this catastrophe


    28. So, reckoned Rau, the Western publishers had set up shop here to avert that eventuality


    29. Obviously, to avert the threat the stronger plunams posed, the lesser kind would have tried to escape into the anonymity of the hinterland or plunged deeper down into the safety of the seas


    30. Discovering that the young man was not really dead, he perceived the tragedy which his presence could avert; so, turning to the mother, he said: "Weep not

    31. There was little use in trying to avert the moment he had dreaded for sixty years


    32. Samson couldn‘t help but notice his mother avert her gaze as the veterinarian was giving his demonstration—the scummy jar wasn‘t very appetizing


    33. his head to avert their stares and spoke in a low, halting


    34. Their clear thinking and flexibility had helped avert several collisions between the ships maneuvering in the confines of the vicinity of the spaceport


    35. And as much as Angela was trying to avoid gazing upon his shattered body, she had to look down at the bends and breaks in his torso and limbs, and she had to avert her eyes


    36. co-worker could avert it


    37. ’s ability to avert war


    38. then?’ he said, using the sailor’s code of being intentionally ambiguous, to avert


    39. His eyes searched hers, which were trying to avert his soulful


    40. US1 could continue without Max and Carla on-board, at least something positive was happening that might avert global disaster

    41. After all, thus far they had made every effort to handle the Spalding murder (as it was now classified) with complete discretion, keeping a low profile in order to avert a media frenzy


    42. 'So it seems,' Midge answered, 'Ethel said I was the only one who could avert disaster


    43. Owens, keep hailing the Gorn and offer them alternatives to violence, and broadcast it on all frequencies so that Star Fleet knows that we legitimately attempted to avert this crisis


    44. can avert most errors that can waste your time and efforts if you do it


    45. It was one thing to avert a scandal and another to reconcile to the oddity; while it brought to the fore our own liaison in the wake of our spouses’ demise, yet their offence offended even our blunted sense of righteousness


    46. “You know, after its tussle with the matador, if let out, the mauled beast becomes wiser to his ways with the green herring, should they find themselves in the ring again, they wouldn’t be fooled any longer, and so as to avert the threat these creatures pose to the matadors they are slaughtered after the spectacle is over


    47. Well, if veiling the fair sex is the cure for adultery, then it would have been still worth its cloth, if not for anything but to avert the exploitation of women


    48. He tried to avert his eyes from her only to hear her laughed gently


    49. Moreover, the apathy of the Musalmans for a planned family betrays their insensitivity towards their own women; won’t their persistent refusal to adopt the family planning methods that avert the health-hampering carriages and miscarriages render their fair sex into despondency? Oh how the Musalmans burden their women with a child in the lap and another in the womb till they can bear no longer, and as the moulvis aver they have a duty to procreate for the sake of Islam regardless that is


    50. According to the Mahabharat, in order to avert the calamity of her father-in-law Hiranyavarman’s, to whose












































    1. After a moment's silence, the captain's of both sides, seeing that their men had lost the spirit of the fight, ordered their soldiers to withdraw, and the battle was averted


    2. Kev, his face averted, described as briefly as possible how Ozzie had got Chas drunk and then let him loose on Chrissie


    3. With a swift kick, Andrew knocked the wooden door off its hinges, supposing that he could always go back and fix it once the crisis was averted


    4. Katrina averted her green eyed gaze, choosing instead to watch a blizzard of dust particles sparkle as they drifted into the ray of light, knowing it wouldn't be long before her presence was felt


    5. Quickly he averted his eyes


    6. Nerissa kept her eyes averted as the oxcart passed


    7. ” She kept her eyes averted while a blush spread up from her neck


    8. She soon caught a ride, but kept her eyes modestly averted as she climbed up on the


    9. He wasn’t afraid at all and it must’ve shown in his facial expressions, because Arioch averted his eyes first, hoping that these Hebrews did indeed have a solution


    10. Yahweh had come to their rescue, the crisis had been averted

    11. An image of him in all his naked glory lingered in her mind as she averted Helda’s eyes


    12. They averted their eyes and sighed; time to carry on with their duties


    13. The slaves had been trained to keep their eyes averted to show their obedience to their temporary master


    14. The great cat averted his eyes and a hushed silence descended upon the group


    15. He wiped the tears away, keeping his face averted


    16. Some noticed his glares and averted their eyes to whisper to one another over their tables


    17. I tried to keep my eyes averted


    18. Hearst, from his yacht “Sylvia,” sent several tons to the hospital ship “Olivette” and to Siboney, and thus by private ministration fevered wounds were kept cool, and dangerous complications averted


    19. Representative of the conservative element of the Cubans, the breach was serious, and only the withdrawal of Shafter and the appointment of General Wood averted further disorder and a threatened rupture


    20. Other disapprovers quickly averted their eyes from Sylvia’s glare least they too fall victim to her tongue, and she was alone again with her agonizing worry

    21. The Chief Inquisitor stood in reverent attention a few steps next to the Patriarch with his head bowed and his gaze averted from the Holy Avatar’s face


    22. He kept his face averted as the cop kept talking


    23. He averted his eyes quickly, while giving her a sign as if he hadn’t heard her


    24. was averted and on 14th day after his wife’s death Buwa took the


    25. was performed and the epidemic averted


    26. identify one war that has been averted


    27. Enilia greeted and averted her eyes


    28. She avoided the swords and clubs swung at her, averted others, and sent one enemy’s soul after the other back to the All


    29. She kicked with her legs to be freed while she averted the sword from above with her own


    30. He has kept his eyes averted since I sat in the chair and they cut the strip of plastic binding my wrists together

    31. I scowled and averted my eyes away in embarrassment


    32. ” I said casting Kylie a cold look, she kept her gaze averted


    33. “It felt that way, what’s going on?” I asked and she averted her gaze


    34. Taken aback I averted my gaze, she sighed “I know it’s his birthday today


    35. Blushing, Jesse averted her gaze before looking back to see Gabriel shoot Nick a sideways glance


    36. Blushing, Jesse averted her gaze before looking back to see Gabriel shoot a sideways glance at Nick


    37. With an effort he averted his eyes, but to no avail


    38. He averted his eyes from even the most casual glance until Moshe charged him with his new assignment


    39. The vizier averted his face to hide any subtle sign of the satisfaction he felt for having so craftily manipulated this mere man, who postured as his better, his God even


    40. As the new men brought the horses into readiness, Sari, who though frightened, had never been far from Moshe during the entire discourse quietly offered, eyes still averted, “I would stay here, to await your return

    41. He averted his eyes


    42. The vizier averted his face to hide any subtle sign of the satisfaction he felt for having so


    43. been far from Moshe during the entire discourse quietly offered, eyes still averted, “I would


    44. Another crisis had been averted, and I went outside to do my chores


    45. what Dad has been doing with Lope?” She averted my eyes


    46. She looked away and averted her eyes


    47. Athene averted her head throughout the conversation so that the tears which threatened to well up in her eyes would not be seen


    48. I averted my eyes, and saw that the other kids were doing the same


    49. We averted our eyes


    50. averted only by luck














































    1. He hung his head, averting her eyes


    2. The Emperor just smiled, averting eye contact to look at small device in this hand


    3. The flogger set down his instrument of torture and bowed reverently as fast as it would seem prudent, and then stepped completely away from the chained form of Philo, standing still and averting his gaze from the direction of the Patriarch


    4. The procrastinator lost his grin almost instantly and stared away, averting his eyes


    5. And that’s what’s probably cost Liz her life,” said Quarles, averting his gaze from Colling and with a deep sigh, holding his forehead with both hands


    6. It was not something any one was supposed to ever witness in his life, and Hilderich had seen it happen in slow, aggravating detail, before finally averting his red sore eyes


    7. “How do you feel?” was all he could think to ask, averting his eyes after another quick glance


    8. He had not looked away, but watched her for any sign of her feelings, while she only glanced quickly, averting his now more confident stare


    9. He gestured averting with his hand and laughed again


    10. - I am just fetching Municantir! she yelled to explain and gestured averting before she continued into the hall

    11. He interrupted her by raising his hand, averting


    12. He took a step towards her, but she only backed the same and held up her hands averting before her


    13. My father looks momentarily stricken and then recovers himself, averting his glistening eyes and nodding


    14. “Oh,” I said while averting my gaze to the floor


    15. He dived his hands into his pockets (without averting his eyes away) and pulled out a scrunched up charm


    16. Closing her eyes and averting her face from the burning flash that she knew would follow, she threw the jar onto the hay-strewn floor with great force


    17. ” I said averting my eyes from his that seemed to be raging like the waves of the untamed ocean


    18. Benjamin stood stiffly to the side, still averting his eyes from


    19. “Did you get a picture?” Dagan asked without averting his stare from the entrance of another large building where a uniformed man stood smoking a cigarette


    20. ―What are you doing?‖ she said, averting her gaze to stare at the putative shelter

    21. It had been obvious, throughout Siri’s career, that the international business community had no thoughts of making any contribution towards averting the ensuing environmental disaster, brought about by global warming and the consequential climate changes that were building in momentum


    22. As TBOS points out, the chances of averting a complete breakdown of out habitat and the ensuing extinction of the vast majority of life, including humanity, while the planet is burdened with the present urban population, is very small indeed, so small in fact as to be impracticable


    23. Composing the limbs as decently as I could, and averting my eyes from the pathetic, innocent looking sex, I wrapped it- him in an old blanket


    24. One of the actresses present that saw Nancy enter then turned her head away, clearly uneasy and averting her eyes


    25. Thus averting the threat of invasion and for the first time in history command of the air combined with strategic bombing decisively ended a military campaign


    26. After an hour and a half, Dave opened the door, pointedly averting his face, and whispered something to Lyons, who left with him


    27. averting his eyes to the carnage he created up ahead


    28. Vinny turned his head towards the barn averting his


    29. Vinny turned his head to the side averting his eyes and


    30. " She said quickly averting her eyes to check

    31. Both Shomron and Eshkol stared at her with shock and disbelief for a moment, then walked out without another word, averting their eyes from hers


    32. SEALS had paid handsome dividends in averting a major terrorist attack on


    33. “Sorry, Scout, but you said to come in,” Kristen said, averting her eyes


    34. Life is not as unkind to the self-introspecting man as it is to a self-reflecting bull for it lends him the scope to contain the damages the vagaries of his habit occasions; but still, save a Gary Sobers, who said he never committed the same mistake twice, man fails to benefit from the let-offs of fate, and that only proves that man is more adept at thwarting the perils without but not at averting the banes within


    35. But he stopped her with a friendly hand on her thigh and averting his eyes from the short skirt looked her straight in the eyes, grinned, and said ‘it’s all looking a bit tight isn’t it?”


    36. At first the man shirked away in fear, averting his eyes and covering


    37. “No rush, It's all been taken care of,” said Mary, averting here eyes from Johnny's searching glances into the dark interior of the shack


    38. “That was inappropriate,” he said, averting his eyes


    39. ” I said quietly, averting my eyes


    40. He knelt to collect her gowns from the floor, averting his gaze as he did, but he’d already noticed the scratches on her

    41. “Oh, I see,” the other mumbles, averting his eyes from those of his interlocutor, “I don't


    42. used to averting her gaze, not catching someone’s eyes lest she


    43. When Scott told her--whilst averting his own eyes--that it was a bit too magnificent for his tastes, she smiled and explained that it was an anamorphic piece


    44. She drew away from the thrust of his face with its great moustache, averting her own face as much as possible


    45. I was compelled, at this period, to leave Corsica on an important expedition; I reflected for a long time, and with the hope of averting some impending misfortune, I resolved that Benedetto should accompany me


    46. Averting his face quickly Bloom bends to examine on the halltable the spaniel eyes of a running fox: then, his lifted head sniffing, follows Zoe into the musicroom


    47. rival department of the measures that had been taken during the last ten years by that department for averting the disastrous conditions in which the native tribes were


    48. Gould, once more averting her head


    49. Monygham, you are running a terrible risk," she whispered, averting from his face her eyes, full of tears, for a short glance at the door of her husband's room


    50. Averting her nose, she flapped the reins smartly across the horse’s back and hurried him past and around the bend of the road











    1. He averts his eyes


    2. He averts his eyes and sighs


    3. He cleverly averts a war


    4. He blinks once and averts his eyes


    5. Her blush deepens and she averts her eyes off to something terribly uninteresting over the back of the couch


    6. He averts his face


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    Sinonimi per "avert"

    avert turn away avoid debar deflect fend off forefend forfend head off obviate stave off ward off prevent thwart forestall turn aside