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
This time around, while Chambers remains turned away, Teasdale crouches with an unsettling smile and long fingernails, conjuring a skin-crawling suspense.
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Sophie Williams, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2025
Her face turned away from anyone who might be watching.
—Hazlitt, 8 Oct. 2025
The camera is turned away from the person who walks in to confess.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2025
Families can pay for services through insurance, Medicaid or a cost-share model based on family size and income, but no family will be turned away who is unable to pay for services.
—Lina Ruiz
october 7, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Oct. 2025
The Supreme Court turned away Missouri’s bid to revive its law purporting to declare various federal gun restrictions unconstitutional in the state, the justices announced Monday.
—Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 6 Oct. 2025
Those turned away are instead turning up at the local pawn shop.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025
South African pay television service DStv lost 84% of its subscribers in Kenya in the year to June 2025, as Kenyans turned away from the service amid rising living costs, according to the communications regulator’s data.
—Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 29 Sep. 2025
Some nurses had left the picket line to assist first responders but were turned away due to the labor dispute, The Detroit News reported.
—Kristen Jordan Shamus, USA Today, 28 Sep. 2025
Sophie Williams, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2025
Her face turned away from anyone who might be watching.
—Hazlitt, 8 Oct. 2025
The camera is turned away from the person who walks in to confess.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2025
Families can pay for services through insurance, Medicaid or a cost-share model based on family size and income, but no family will be turned away who is unable to pay for services.
—Lina Ruiz
october 7, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Oct. 2025
The Supreme Court turned away Missouri’s bid to revive its law purporting to declare various federal gun restrictions unconstitutional in the state, the justices announced Monday.
—Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 6 Oct. 2025
Those turned away are instead turning up at the local pawn shop.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025
South African pay television service DStv lost 84% of its subscribers in Kenya in the year to June 2025, as Kenyans turned away from the service amid rising living costs, according to the communications regulator’s data.
—Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 29 Sep. 2025
Some nurses had left the picket line to assist first responders but were turned away due to the labor dispute, The Detroit News reported.
—Kristen Jordan Shamus, USA Today, 28 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for turned away
Verb
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Here our cicerone stopped and turned back to address us.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Oct. 2025
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Lopez turned back to the reporter to finish answering her question.—
Tommy McArdle,
PEOPLE,
7 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Ron spends a lot of time bouncing around the web, fascinated and repulsed in equal measure.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
9 Oct. 2025
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After a disastrous trip to Mexico where Irina appeared repulsed by pretty much everything Zack did, the couple split and Zack crawled back to Bliss.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Oct. 2025
Verb
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In fact, the more aggressive Beijing has become toward Taiwan, the more Beijing has repelled rather than attracted the people of Taiwan.—
PHILIP H. GORDON,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Sep. 2025
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The material also strongly repelled chloride ions, cutting corrosion risks.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Indigenous peoples of Turtle Island have long resisted the ongoing settler colonial project that is now the United States.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
11 Oct. 2025
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Pals admitted that Candy often resisted advice.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Turned away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turned%20away. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.
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