1.   Art, it seems, is the perpetual recidivist, always ducking back into the aesthetic as soon as vigilant life averts its gaze.

2.   He averted his gaze from the Fermoyle house, where Jozia might be watching him this very moment.

3.   I averted my gaze, taking in a deep breath then just to prove I could.

4.   In it the artist portrays a disheveled thirty-one-year-old Morisot averting her gaze from the viewer.

5.   Neither of us cries but we are obviously repressing deep emotions, and peo-ple, sensing this, avert their gaze.

6.   When Celia dropped her robe, Richard averted his gaze and stepped back awkwardly.

7.   I averted my gaze and felt uncomfortable.

8.   Averting her gaze, Shiona sat down in one of the armchairs, smoothing the skirt of her dress over her knees.

9.   There was a momentary silence as she averted her gaze again, and she was aware of him picking up his coffee-cup and drinking.