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 Hugo Lloris turned away one shot for LAFC (10-6-4), which had piled up 11 goals in its previous four matches. — ABC News, 16 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 Other inmates tried to join the fight but were turned away by Arevalos, who was portrayed by authorities as orchestrating the attack. — Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2026 Her family tried repeatedly to visit her but were turned away. — Mark Sappenfield, Christian Science Monitor, 14 Aug. 2026 The coroner’s report said that Khalil died in the evening from cardiac arrest due to head trauma and severe bleeding, hours after paramedics initially entered the area and were turned away, said Human Rights Watch’s Lebanon Researcher Ramzi Kaiss. — Kareem Chehayeb, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026 Pirro later dropped the investigation, but not before several of her deputies first made an unannounced visit to the Fed's construction site and tried to gain access to the property before being turned away. — Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 4 Aug. 2026 Other surveillance footage shows Kohberger trying to shop at a Costco location hours after the murders, but he was turned away for not having a membership card. — Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 30 July 2026 The king looks nightmarish, his face hidden and turned away from his child, but Nyong’o’s raw agony is more memorable. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 29 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for turned away
  1. turned back
  2. repulsed
  3. repelled
  4. resisted
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • The narrator, though curious to speak herself, is finally repelled.
    — Maya Binyam, New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The buildings —critical to the AI boom driving intense investment — have repelled voters due to their massive energy and water demand.
    — Garrett Downs, CNBC, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of repelled
Verb
  • Habib, who joined the department in 2007, was responding to a 911 call at a Bronx catering hall in 2023 when a drunk and disorderly man resisted arrest, Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark said.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • When automobiles first came about, the island’s carriage drivers successfully resisted them.
    — Hannah Agran, Midwest Living, 12 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 20 Aug. 2026.

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