How to Use deter in a Sentence

deter

verb

• Painting the metal will deter rust.
• Some potential buyers will be deterred by the price.
• Don’t let that deter you from putting out a bit for the birds.
  — cleveland, 23 Dec. 2022
• The footage from those cameras will be used to deter and solve crime.
  — Talis Shelbourne, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2020
• Wiredu does not seem to have been deterred by the raid.
  — CNN, 12 Mar. 2020
• The battery can be locked in place to deter theft or removed.
  — Ted Slowik, Daily Southtown, 30 May 2018
• And many aren’t deterred by the prospect of legal action.
  — Sarah Jones, The New Republic, 27 Feb. 2018
• Don’t be deterred—get lost and ask a shepherd for help.
  — Kyre Chenven, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Oct. 2018
• Lag hasn’t been deterred from his mission to take gqom around the world.
  — Nadia Neophytou, Billboard, 31 July 2019
• Was it to deter those who might opt out of the class action settlement?
  — Eriq Gardner, Billboard, 13 Sep. 2017
• Fear around contracting the virus did not deter anyone at the food bank.
  — Fortune, 25 Nov. 2021
• Keep pushing that rock up the hill and don’t let anybody deter you.
  — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Dec. 2022
• Run-ins with sharks and stinging sea lice haven’t deterred her.
  — Tammy Lagorce, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2023
• And a history of highs and lows may deter some investors.
  — Will Knight, Wired, 12 Nov. 2021
• One is to deter the person who gets the ticket from doing this again.
  — The Politics Of Everything, The New Republic, 9 Mar. 2022
• But Quibi will not be deterred and the app launched right on schedule.
  — Adam Epstein, Quartz, 5 Apr. 2020
• Choose a feeder with features that deter large birds, bees and ants.
  — Shanti Lerner, The Arizona Republic, 7 Aug. 2021
• One group tried to build an app that could deter boars with subsonic sound waves.
  — New York Times, 9 Apr. 2021
• That didn't deter youngsters from reaching to touch the creature.
  — Sheryl Devore, Lake County News-Sun, 25 Mar. 2018
• Mounting on poles is best to deter predators, such as snakes that climb trees.
  — Jennifer Rude Klett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 25 June 2020
• The film may not have the most original title, but don’t let that deter you.
  — Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 18 Aug. 2023
• Shea said the mere presence of a number or a distinctive mark could deter a thief.
  — Christine Dempsey, courant.com, 5 May 2021
• Contact deterred the big man with two of his turnovers coming when he was bumped while dribbling the ball.
  — Anthony Gharib, USA TODAY, 8 July 2023
• By far the most common reason for an order was to deter suicide.
  — New York Times, 5 June 2022
• But that did not deter her from buying more than a dozen canvases that day.
  — Meryl Gordon, Town & Country, 27 Oct. 2014
• But this won’t deter Baer from hitting the road once this all behind us.
  — Alisha Prakash, Travel + Leisure, 9 Apr. 2020
• Well, for starters, don’t be deterred by these hurdles.
  — Javier Hasse, chicagotribune.com, 12 Sep. 2019
• Nyla wasn’t crying, and the kids were shaken but not deterred.
  — Charlotte Alter, Time, 1 June 2020
• To all the women/girls out there, do not be deterred from pursuing your dreams.
  — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 31 Oct. 2019
• So what happens if these strikes fail to deter Assad yet again?
  — Zack Beauchamp, Vox, 14 Apr. 2018

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024