All 3 Uses of
avert
in
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
- There was no voice of rebuke; but there were averted eyes; there was a silence and an air of solemnity that struck a chill to the culprit's heart.†
Chpt 10 *
- But they discovered the danger in time, and made shift to avert it.†
Chpt 13
- And now and then they stooped in a group and splashed water in each other's faces with their palms, gradually approaching each other, with averted faces to avoid the strangling sprays, and finally gripping and struggling till the best man ducked his neighbor, and then they all went under in a tangle of white legs and arms and came up blowing, sputtering, laughing, and gasping for breath at one and the same time.†
Chpt 16
Definition:
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(avert as in: avert her eyes) turn away or aside -- often to turn your eyes away from something