Averted

Examples

• Then, suddenly she averted her face, saying coldly, uglily: 'Well, I've got no further than love, yet. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Her brooding look, as of a mind withdrawn yet not averted, seemed to Mr. Rosedale full of a subtle encouragement. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• He had misinterpreted the feelings which had kept her face averted, and her tongue motionless. Jane Austen. Emma.
• The child looked at Gudrun for a moment with interest, before she came forward and with face averted offered her hand. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• He remained silent, and she remained with her face averted, sometimes making a slight movement as if she would turn and speak. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• They are at a distance and may probably be averted; change of place, a new state of life, the interests of a home may be the cure of them. Plato. The Republic.
• He lowered his head and averted his face. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Mrs. Yeobright saw the creature, and the creature saw her--she quivered throughout, and averted her eyes. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• He does not say so, but I can read it from his soothing answers and averted eyes. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Possibly the trouble may yet be averted, she said. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• The young man turned away, and said, with averted grin: 'Only warnts legs on 'is. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• I was alive with a life of Paradise, as she turned _her_ glance from _my_ glance, and softly averted her head to hide the suffusion of her cheek. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Her face was averted from those who had made the attack, and turned towards her aunt. Jane Austen. Emma.
• The other two were averted by the gorget, and by the shield which hung around his neck. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Slumber's visitation was long averted. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• And now he unknit his black brows; looked down, smiling at me, and stroked my hair, as if well pleased at seeing a danger averted. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• The same fate hung over Judah, but for a little while it was averted. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• If an eye were furtively raised and met his, it was instantly averted. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• With face still averted, she held out her hand to keep him off. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• She took no notice of him, only averted her face from him. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Your coldness, your averted looks, your manner when we have met of late--when I came in just now, all proved it to me. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• On this table stood the empty bottle and glass, and from these also he averted his eyes. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Only, shy and retiring as your general manner was, I wondered what personal or facial enormity in me proved so magnetic to your usually averted eyes. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• But she only averted her soft, mute face a little from his gaze. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Her heart beat on the side from which her face was half averted. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Her mouth was shut close, her face averted. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• There sat the hideous old man, in his accustomed corner, pointing at him, and whispering to another man, with his face averted, who sat beside him. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Mr. Tupman,' said the spinster aunt, with averted head, 'I can hardly speak the words; but--but--you are not wholly indifferent to me. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Perdita tried to read his countenance, which he angrily averted. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Gudrun raised her face with difficulty and held it averted. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .

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