The resulting nuclear crisis sent risk-averse sentiment coursing through global financial markets.

But borrowing costs remained elevated given the broader risk-averse sentiment across markets.

The election outcome in the euro zone saw some investors turning risk-averse.

Bonds are seen as relative safe havens when investors become risk averse.

Perhaps the EU is relaxed and risk-loving, while the UK is risk-averse.

The sentimentalist is as averse as the Puritan and as the Bacchanalian.

But it involved some outlay; and to this their aunt was averse.

As a hard-headed journalist for Time, I considered myself averse to clichés.

Most cats are averse to being unable to make a quick escape.

Amos was not at all averse to taking in the parade, himself.

Yet they are not averse to comfortable chairs and the latest periodicals.

His nature is aristocratic; his youthful prejudices are averse to hand work.

He was not averse to cock fighting; he enjoyed a horse race.

In those days I was not averse to a little life myself.

The latter has no investor relations to speak of and is disclosure-averse.

Even smaller airlines were not averse to being acquired by larger airlines.