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
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  • The fire turned back into California late Thursday morning, burning in Lassen County just above the Sierra County line, fire maps showed.
    — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Eventually, Guccione turned back on his stadium microphone and announced the run would count, leading to further boos.
    — Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of turned back
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  • Most Americans are repulsed by the core ideas of radical leftists.
    — Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • 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
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
  • When hit by a projectile traveling faster than seven times the speed of sound, the composite held together and resisted destruction.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Blonde demonstrated that a superstar could make a culturally consequential album that resisted traditional singles, resisted explanation and, perhaps most importantly, resisted overexposure.
    — Desjah Altvater, Forbes.com, 20 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 26 Aug. 2026.

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