How to pronounce avert
Listen to avert in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“avert” in real sentences
297 clips in the index · 102 American · 105 British · 3 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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necessarily to avert one.
GAO · hear it here
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TO AVERT THE CATASTROPHIC WARMING?
The Atlantic · hear it here
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likely to avert an invasion?
State Department · hear it here
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We must not avert our eyes.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of avert. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.