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 Check local donation guidelines before loading the truck Nothing derails a donation day faster than showing up with a truckload of furniture only to be turned away. — Ashley Lynch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 July 2026 Rookie Brian Schwake turned away four shots for Nashville (12-2-3), which had won five in a row and gone 8-0-2 during its unbeaten run. — ABC News, 25 July 2026 Once their ships turned away, the tension dramatically decreased, though hours later China Coast Guard ships could be seen in the distance still shadowing the Philippine vessels. — Ivan Watson, CNN Money, 24 July 2026 There were earthquake survivors who feared calling out for help in the language, in case the rescuers turned away. — Nikhil Krishnan, New Yorker, 20 July 2026 But on the final Sunday Joe’s stayed open, the restaurant turned away hundreds of people already in line rather than risk cutting corners on quality. — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 19 July 2026 When the men complain of medical conditions to the officers, they are frequently turned away, the families and detainees said in recordings obtained by the Herald. — Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 18 July 2026 Just days before the tournament kicked off, CBP turned away Omar Artan, the African Men’s Referee of the Year, who was set to be the first Somali to referee a FIFA World Cup. — Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 16 July 2026 The news comes after LuPone took to Instagram on July 2 to reveal the ship had been turned away from Turkey. — Mckinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 11 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for turned away
  1. turned back
  2. repulsed
  3. repelled
  4. resisted
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  • As the clock ticked down, Boyle took off his headphones, dropped the microphone and turned back into a student, rushing the field with his classmates.
    — Pete Sampson, New York Times, 20 July 2026
  • Sandy Creek has sat idle since a major failure last year and isn’t expected to be turned back on until March 2027.
    — Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 13 July 2026
Definition of turned back
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  • Philly may be shedding its second-fiddle status, but it remains entirely repulsed by frauds and underachievers.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 24 July 2026
  • Plenty of people bought it, plenty were repulsed by it.
    — George Caulkin, New York Times, 11 June 2026
Definition of repulsed
Verb
  • The filmmakers found that even mentioning her bloodline repelled potential subjects from agreeing to be interviewed.
    — Jake Kring-Schreifels, Time, 22 July 2026
  • But they were outnumbered three or four to one by Argentina fans, who drowned them out with long flat roars whenever their team repelled a Spanish shot, or bundled a player off the pitch.
    — Sam Knight, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
Definition of repelled
Verb
  • Similar gains were observed for other rare earth combinations, suggesting that controlling channel size could become a general strategy for separating elements that have long resisted efficient purification.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 25 July 2026
  • The couple initially resisted the town’s removal order, insisting the roosters were meant to comfort their daughter Pyper, not advertise their business.
    — Holly Ramer, Fortune, 24 July 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 29 Jul. 2026.

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