She talked on buoyantly, though I was eager to be off, to avert the catastrophe that only her flight had prevented and which Wiggins might at any moment precipitate.
I even saved the old nails to avert the wrath of the evil spirits.
He also declared that the French had landed, not to defend the existing Pontifical Government, but to avert great misfortunes from the country.
All that she had done hitherto was nothing; the calamity she wished toavert had not yet been averted.
But to-day she would be obliged to speak of it to Alice, for her plan to avert disaster was already half formed, but she dared not embark on it alone without counsel from another.
That this repose is to suffer no shock during my official term, if I have power to avert it, those who placed me here may be assured.
With no provision for the pay of troops the contracts of enlistment would be broken and the Army must in effect be disbanded, the consequences of which would be so disastrous as to demand all possible efforts to avert the calamity.
You see, Signor Bacri, we have had information of what was impending for some days past, and although we could do nothing to avert the catastrophe, we thought it possible that we might manage to avoid the massacre at the palace.
Tell Bacri, however, that he may depend on my doing my utmost without delay to avert the evil.
What I can do to avert it shall be done," replied the youth, kissing his hand to the girl as he passed through the doorway and followed his master to the terrace-roof of the house.
What would I not do to avert the calamities with which you threaten him?
For such a man she dared not move to avert the thing that threatened.
She looked up into Potter's face and smiled, nor did she avert her head as he pressed his lips to hers.
Instead of seeking to avert suspicion from this quarter, you provoke collision with the patrols, and you imperil us all by your indiscretion.
But cease your apprehensions; I shall do all in my power to avert the result you dread, and you must seek to render it possible for me to see a brother in Leo.
The declaration came so suddenly, so impetuously, that Wanda had no time to avert it; and if time had been given her, the effort would have been fruitless.
In the fatal moment when his wakeful consciousness was diverted, and before Lord James could interpose to avert the act, his subconsciousness automatically caused his left hand to raise the glass which it held to his lips.
To withhold material aid from the oppressed will not avert the war, but by depriving the leaders of the means of concert will simply make the struggle more lingering: a result surely not desired by friends of peace.
Kossuth then proceeded to speak of subjects elsewhere very fully treated, and continued:] Once more, I repeat, a timely pronouncement of the United States would avert and prevent a second interference of Russia.
He has not been able to avert the victory of heathenism in Israel, now followed by its victory over Israel.
Within four years afterwards new plans of liberation began to be again set on foot; but on this occasion the influence of Jeremiah proved strong enough to avert the danger.
For seven months the towns and villages of that republic had been a prey to pitiless warfare and systematic rapacity, a fate which the weak ruling oligarchy could neither avert nor avenge.
But, while striving to avert all possibilities of Cæsarism, they now sinned against that elementary principle of strategy which requires unity of design in military operations.
Then Genoveva assembled the pious matrons, and with them fasted, and prayed, asking God incessantly, with many tears, to avert the scourge of the Huns from the city.
It is not only to diseases of body and mind that the superstitious practice has been directed; having been in popular request to avert evil, and to counteract supposed malignant influences.
In Devonshire, in order to avert the ill-luck from seeing a magpie, the peasant spits over his right shoulder three times, and in Yorkshire various charms are in use.
Even the new-born child was not exempt from this danger, and various charms were practised to avert it.
A belief in the efficacy of an amulet or charm to ward off diseases and to avert contagion has prevailed from a very early period.
But this army, however large, does not and cannot suffice to avert economic pressure, which is an inevitable outcome of the existing system of society.
He gave himself up wholly to God, serving God because he hoped that God would avert the threatened misfortune.
By due consideration of these it was found possible to improve breeds, to strengthen and lengthen life, to avert disease, and generally to enhance economic value.
Is it not, time that the housewife should be abashed rather than self-commiserating when a bad cold runs through her household, for observation of certain elementary principles of disinfection would go far to avert such a catastrophe?
And though he knew what was in store for South Carolina, so horrible that he even trembled, he took no steps to avert it, for he felt that she deserved it all.
Their plans are deep and shrewd, but there are heads in the South as wise as theirs, and eyes that can see the danger in time to avert it.
What can we do to avert the misfortune that threatens us?
In accordance with the sentiments of the age, there was every form of penance to avert the anger of God and escape the flames of hell.
It almost seems that the Christians were hurled into the Crusades by an irresistible fate, to secure a great ultimate good; or, to use Christian language, were sent as blind instruments by the Almighty to avert a danger they could not see.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "avert" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
