turn aside
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.52 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To ignore (something) or turn a blind eye (to something)
Example Sentences
- "I turn aside — I turn aside From Strangers' mirth and glee;"
- "Behind this curtain is the most sacred recess of philosophic mysteries, therefore, it does not become unhallowed persons on common occasions to approach it, far less to turn it aside, in order to look in. Philosophers themselves , the mystagogues in the temple of decorum, must approach it with reverence, and after all are allowed only to turn it aside a very little ."
- "Moreover, as Lord of providence, it would cost him nothing so to overrule the course of events, as either to turn aside the current of temptation, or altogether neutralize its power upon the heart."
- "As to the evil eye, most Italians firmly believe in it, and to turn it aside use a little horn of coral and turn it point forward towards any one who “casts the evil eye," muttering the word "corna.""
- "For to turn aside from God, and to say in the heart, " There is no God," are one and the same thing;"
- "And this is especially true of Christians, who, whatever may be said of others, cannot plead that there was not power sufficient to meet the temptation, or to turn aside its power."