List of synonyms from "tunnel vision" to synonyms from "turn informer"


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Definition of the day : « turn away »

  • As in avert : verb thwart; avoid by turning away
  • As in recoil : verb shrink away
  • As in refuse : verb deny; say no
  • As in ward/ward off : verb defend, guard
  • As in pink-slip : verb dismiss
  • As in dismiss : verb remove from job, responsibility
  • As in alienate : verb cause unfriendliness, hostility
Example sentences :
  • Sylvia shuddered, but had not power to turn away her white face from his gaze.
  • Extract from : « Sylph Etherege » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Did she desire this man, and hate him because he had touched her only to turn away?
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • The faces that once looked kindly on him turn away from him with a frown.
  • Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon
  • At first she was tempted to turn away her eye with carelessness and inattention.
  • Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
  • She was just going to turn away when Ruffo bent down to kiss her hand.
  • Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
  • He could not turn away his nephew, however, notwithstanding his manifest repugnance.
  • Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola
  • Kate tried to turn away, but felt herself rooted to the spot.
  • Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
  • The Chevalier shrugged his shoulders and made as if to turn away.
  • Extract from : « The Suitors of Yvonne » by Raphael Sabatini
  • And he was about to turn away, when Garnache approached him by yet another step.
  • Extract from : « St. Martin's Summer » by Rafael Sabatini
  • Buck watched him turn away to continue his survey of the horses.
  • Extract from : « The Golden Woman » by Ridgwell Cullum