Avert has 2 syllables and the stress is on the second syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Skillful diplomacy helps to avert war. | |
| 2. | No one can avert death. | |
| 3. | Climate scientists say we need to avert an additional 2-degree temperature increase to avoid the most catastrophic impacts of climate change. | |
| 4. | Aliens had the power to avert war on Earth. | |
| 5. | Pliny the Elder wrote that rye is a very poor food and only serves to avert starvation. This proves that grains were never considered fit for human consumption. | |
| 6. | 'On with the image to its home', they cried, / 'and pray the Goddess to avert our woe'. | |
| 7. | And lifting on the shore / his hands, Anchises doth the gods adore. / "O Heaven!" he cries, "avert these threats; be kind / and stay the curse, and vex with plagues no more / a pious folk." | |
| 8. | The European Union is calling on video streaming services to limit providing programs in high-definition to avert an internet crash. | |
| 9. | The European Union is calling on video streaming services to limit providing programs in high-definition to avert an internet crash that could be triggered by extremely heavy usage because of the coronavirus pandemic. | |
| 10. | We need to act now if we want to avert disaster. |