How to Use aversion in a Sentence
aversion
noun- I simply have this ingrained aversion to the sight of bloodshed.
- They regarded war with aversion.
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This aversion may even have to do with the name itself.
— Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 13 Feb. 2024 -
Deals are down, money is tight, and risk aversion is the order of the day.
— Robert Stevens, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2022 -
From Barack Obama to the man on the street, Chicagoans are known for their aversion to ketchup on hot dogs.
— Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 13 Apr. 2024 -
My first trimester came with a lot of nausea and food aversions.
— Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 2 Aug. 2024 -
Yet the country has such an aversion to even the slightest brush with guilt.
— Washington Post, 1 June 2021 -
Have an aversion to cilantro or don’t have sumac in your cupboard?
— Katia Hetter, CNN, 11 Feb. 2023 -
What all his clients share is an extreme aversion to risk.
— Shawn Tully, Fortune, 3 May 2021 -
Christopher Nolan may be known for his aversion to CGI.
— Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 July 2023 -
The strangest thing about my aversion to horror is that at this point, the idea of a pair of glowing eyes in the dark isn't what's keeping me away.
— Brett Williams, Men's Health, 20 Oct. 2022 -
Still, an aversion to those barbs has kept Stowers away from group hikes.
— Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Oct. 2022 -
This isn't the first time The Good Place alum has spoken out about her aversion to Lagerfeld's legacy.
— Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 3 Oct. 2022 -
The royal has no aversion to wearing the same piece of clothing in public more than once.
— Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 1 Oct. 2020 -
Yet the thread that links their views is a preference for policies that harm growth, and an aversion to those which boost it.
— The Economist, 15 Aug. 2020 -
There are enough lenses on the back of this phone to give anyone a case of trypophobia, an aversion to holes.
— Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2021 -
This might reflect loss aversion, the researchers said.
— The Arizona Republic, 4 Feb. 2024 -
Casey posits that the roots of humanity's aversion run, well, deep.
— Amy Brady, Scientific American, 20 June 2023 -
There’s often a strong aversion to seeing and discussing shades of grey.
— Ted Anthony, ajc, 8 Aug. 2021 -
But, an aversion to opening up isn’t always a bad sign.
— Alyssa Girdwain, Women's Health, 6 June 2023 -
That can look like a fear of texture, [or] different aversions to smells.
— Rachel Wenzlaff, ABC News, 10 Apr. 2024 -
Soon, her aversion to being a child transforms into dread of what faces her as an adult.
— Lauren Oyler, Harpers Magazine, 5 Jan. 2021 -
An aversion to definition is a great gift to an artist like Welch.
— Lauren Groff, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2024 -
Kerkorian was widely known for his aversion to the press.
— Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Jan. 2025 -
And his wife, the daughter of immigrants from Hong Kong, also had an aversion to spicy food.
— BostonGlobe.com, 27 Mar. 2021 -
Besides a lack of resources, Loeb says the search for aliens has been hampered by risk aversion and groupthink.
— Farhad Manjoo New York Times, Star Tribune, 12 Feb. 2021 -
Clinton shares a story about Eric who moved to the west coast for work but had an aversion to water.
— Jane Hanson, Forbes, 7 Sep. 2021 -
In two other signs of rising risk aversion, gold prices rose and the dollar strengthened.
— Karen Langley and Rebecca Feng, WSJ, 28 Feb. 2022 -
The young Alma took a cynical view of her mother’s displays of grief and developed a lifelong aversion to funerals.
— Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025 -
There have been anecdotal reports that GLP-1 medications may contribute to anorexia by blunting hunger cues for people who’ve developed an unhealthy aversion to food.
— Brenda Goodman, CNN, 20 Jan. 2025
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