turned away

verb

past tense of turn away
as in turned back
to drive back using tree branches, the campers were able to turn away the charging fox, which was apparently rabid

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Recent Examples of turned away After a fan interfered with the ball, resulting in an automatic out, Bericoto turned away to avoid being hit in the face but twisted his knee. — Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026 Hugo Lloris turned away one shot for LAFC (10-7-5), which was coming off back-to-back 1-0 losses. — ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026 In fact, among the reasons that DeMar DeRozan turned away from the Heat might have been the writing on the wall that Klay would take that final Heat starting spot. — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 22 Aug. 2026 In California, where the financial details of housing projects are public records, the funding remains highly competitive, with more than half of shovel-ready applications being turned away because demand exceeds available funding. — Rob Davis, ProPublica, 21 Aug. 2026 Rookie Brian Schwake turned away one shot to earn the clean sheet for Nashville (14-2-4). — CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026 They were turned away multiple times after failing to provide a warrant, but remained in the parking lot for roughly an hour. — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 20 Aug. 2026 Those who have continued to do research have shifted focus to the impact of restrictive legislation or turned away from academia to work with advocacy and community groups, the responses showed. — Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 18 Aug. 2026 Your building staff has been instructed to refuse entry to City inspectors sent to investigate these complaints, as we are constantly turned away. — Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 15 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for turned away
  1. turned back
  2. repulsed
  3. repelled
  4. resisted
Verb
  • While not everyone in Dyer had had their power restored, many whose service was turned back on in the last day just lost power again.
    — Megan De Mar, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Madonna has turned back the clock with a leading 11 nominations for the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards, while Taylor Swift follows with nine, setting up another potentially historic Moon Person showdown.
    — SPIN Staff, SPIN, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of turned back
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  • His recent comments didn’t favor the Browns fanbase, and many Cleveland fans seem viscerally repulsed by him.
    — Andy Behrens, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Most Americans are repulsed by the core ideas of radical leftists.
    — Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of repulsed
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  • The Ukrainian defenders repelled the attack and posted video footage of their kamikaze drone strikes destroying at least seven T-72B3A tanks, including some that carried the Arena-M system, according to Euromaidan Press.
    — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The narrator, though curious to speak herself, is finally repelled.
    — Maya Binyam, New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of repelled
Verb
  • The suspect was uncooperative during the contact and physically resisted, briefly pulling the officer partially inside his vehicle, Lincoln police said in a social media post.
    — Tania Azhang, Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • The tribute carries particular resonance because Parton had previously resisted efforts to put her own legacy on a pedestal.
    — Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of resisted

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“Turned away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turned%20away. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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