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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My first trimester came with a lot of nausea and food aversions.
—Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 2 Aug. 2024
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My first trimester came with a lot of nausea and food aversions.
—Kayla Grant, People.com, 6 Feb. 2025
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Have an aversion to cilantro or don’t have sumac in your cupboard?
—Katia Hetter, CNN, 11 Feb. 2023
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To get past her water aversion?
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 30 Oct. 2025
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Loss aversion makes the problem worse.
—Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
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Those with an aversion to mud — or to running — will want to avoid this event.
—Dan Kelly, kansascity, 12 June 2018
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Mark Hamill has a strong aversion to horror.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2025
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But for Democrats, the aversion may seem more puzzling.
—Andrew Cockburn, Harpers Magazine, 2 June 2026
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But there are forces at play beyond an aversion to ironing, too.
—Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 July 2025
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Yet the country has such an aversion to even the slightest brush with guilt.
—Washington Post, 1 June 2021
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Still, an aversion to those barbs has kept Stowers away from group hikes.
—Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Oct. 2022
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Deals are down, money is tight, and risk aversion is the order of the day.
—Robert Stevens, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2022
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In fact, their steady success over the years may be due to their aversion to trends in the first place.
—Mark Kurlyandchik, Detroit Free Press, 6 Sep. 2019
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They’re bound up in our habits and aversions, fears and imaginings.
—Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
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Online, this aversion to cringe has taken many forms.
—Rachel Hale, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2026
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Some of this aversion could be tied to Labour's push for large scale structural change.
—Julia Horowitz, CNN, 9 Dec. 2019
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Kelly kicked off the night with a quip about her aversion to public speaking.
—Jessica Leigh Mattern, Country Living, 3 Dec. 2018
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What are some of the reasons why someone might have that total aversion?
—Cari Romm, The Cut, 21 May 2018
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There is risk aversion in the minds of businessmen because of the changes.
—Knowledge@wharton, Quartz India, 18 Nov. 2019
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The aversion to cash that most investors have is truly to their detriment.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 18 Feb. 2025
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Artists used to have an aversion to being aligned with brands or companies.
—Kevin Warwick, Billboard, 23 Sep. 2019
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Risk aversion keeps too many people out of the investing game.
—Catherine Brock, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
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Soon, her aversion to being a child transforms into dread of what faces her as an adult.
—Lauren Oyler, Harpers Magazine, 5 Jan. 2021
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And their aversion to court-packing has much to recommend it.
—Eric Levitz, Daily Intelligencer, 23 May 2018
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There’s often a strong aversion to seeing and discussing shades of grey.
—Ted Anthony, ajc, 8 Aug. 2021
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That can look like a fear of texture, [or] different aversions to smells.
—Rachel Wenzlaff, ABC News, 10 Apr. 2024
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Your wife has an irrational aversion to rubber band germs.
—John Hodgman, New York Times, 29 May 2026
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Rales’ press aversion hasn’t kept him entirely out of the spotlight.
—Rebecca Keegan, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Feb. 2025
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