A deal is key to averting a long and messy legal standoff.

The government temporized-triedvarious methods in the hope of averting the storm.

Only the police, which arrived in time, succeeded in averting the catastrophe.

They said that Congress should focus on averting the cuts from sequestration.

Alexia got a hand around her arm in quick order, averting catastrophe.

The very warning might be the means of averting such a fate.

Here even a servant of God prays for the averting of judgment.

And they were now bent on averting a clash between the two.

Then she got up, averting her face and looking about the room.

He smiled his bittersweet smile, bowing according to form, averting his eyes.

I did so suspiciously, and without averting my eyes from my visitors.

Rosamund pursed her lips a little, averting her eyes as she answered:

Edgar was walking down the aisle, neither blinking nor averting his gaze.

Hewett asked, averting his eyes and assuming a tone of half-absent indifference.

And welcome, my beloved son, Ki warbled and bowed, averting eye contact.

He stood foolishly by, twisting his hands, averting his eyes here, there.