How to Use averse in a Sentence

averse

adjective

• I'm not averse to broccoli if it's cooked right.
• Rising bond rates make this the best time in years for risk-averse savers.
  — Evan Horowitz, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Apr. 2018
• Yet the United States is among the world's most touch-averse cultures.
  — The Washington Post, OregonLive.com, 20 Apr. 2018
• Yet the United States is among the world’s most touch-averse cultures.
  — Tara Bahrampour, Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2018
• Many were lucky to catch the historic performance live, but for the dust averse among us— the performance was just as much a blessing over the livestream.
  — Treva Lindsey, Teen Vogue, 16 Apr. 2018
• Residents chain-smoked in the hallways, including my noise-averse baby mama.
  — Janet Lee, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2018
• Nudging risk-averse banks away from calcified business practices while trying to avoid a major shock to the system is a tricky line to tread.
  — The Economist, 3 May 2018
• The move is part of an unprecedented four-way tussle in a normally merger-averse industry.
  — Austen Hufford, WSJ, 26 Apr. 2018
• And yet, the notoriously firing-averse Trump doesn't even appear to want to end the charade himself.
  — Aaron Blake, Washington Post, 24 Apr. 2018
• And that the former One Direction member does something his on-hiatus group was famously averse to: busts a few dance moves?
  — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 4 May 2018
• Journalists say that media proprietors, who often have multiple kinds of businesses, are risk averse and can be leaned on by the government.
  — Raju Gopalakrishnan, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Apr. 2018
• Pompeo, a former Army captain with who has called for regime change in North Korea, is hardly averse to exercising military force.
  — Abigail Tracy, The Hive, 20 Apr. 2018
• All of the services are averse to autonomous helicopters flying human passengers, insisting on human pilots for those missions.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 1 May 2018
• The Bucks, one of the most foul-averse teams in the league, sent the Celtics to the free-throw line 29 times in the first half.
  — Matt Velazquez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 31 July 2020
• There are a lot of people in our area who are averse to the risk.
  — oregonlive, 2 May 2020
• The duo isn’t averse to changing up the blues in other ways.
  — Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Nov. 2020
• The $4 wine pours may be gone, but Olivecrona’s not averse to a good deal.
  — Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 29 Sep. 2022
• Plus, the Free and Clear formula is ideal for the dye-averse.
  — Samantha Benoit, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Aug. 2022
• For the gluten-averse, especially, this is the one to get.
  — Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2021
• Necota, averse to the idea but determined to play by the rules, agreed.
  — Patty Hodapp, Outside Online, 8 June 2022
• Even in the most conflict-averse households, there are board games to be played.
  — Harry Guinness, Popular Science, 10 Apr. 2020
• Cahill isn’t averse to playing through pain, as IU fans should know.
  — Jon Blau, Indianapolis Star, 13 May 2020
• Davis, who had been mostly averse to the idea, would play center.
  — Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2022
• But the prime minister is averse to the notion of a second vote.
  — The Economist, 3 Oct. 2019
• The deer that the wolves do manage to kill would likely be the least risk-averse, and most likely to run in front of cars.
  — Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 May 2021
• And in a regulation-averse state like Utah, this may seem like a lot to hope for.
  — Robert Gehrke, The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 Apr. 2022
• The Bon Appétit staff rounded up the best hot sauces in this list that caters to the spice-averse and spice-seeker alike.
  — Li Goldstein, Bon Appétit, 8 July 2022
• The more the jab appears politicized, the more averse people become.
  — Katherine Doyle, Washington Examiner, 27 Mar. 2021
• Pike, who was nominated for her role as the film's aristocratic matriarch, dressed in a look befitting the film’s last act (for the spoiler averse: don’t Google it).
  — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 8 Jan. 2024
• To say that the country is controversy averse is an understatement.
  — Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 16 Jan 2025