Veered

Examples

• Suddenly the wind veered from south-west to west, and then again to north-west. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• It turned slowly round, in a slow, slow Dervish dance, as it veered away. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• He drifted, as on a wind, veered, and went drifting away. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Presently the vessel veered toward the west and then swung gracefully to the south. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• It was impossible to keep one's attention long confined to these master-pieces, and so, by degrees, I veered round, and surveyed the gallery. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Birkin pushed himself off, and veered clumsily in the pond. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• But subsequently the British Court veered round to a more cordial attitude to the new adventurer. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• She glanced behind, and with a wild cry of laughter and challenge, veered, poised, and was gone beyond the grey stone buttress. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• On the landing, however, either his cousin persuaded him, or he veered about and changed his mind as usual. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.

Typist: Winfred