How to Use aversion in a Sentence

aversion

noun
  • I simply have this ingrained aversion to the sight of bloodshed.
  • They regarded war with aversion.
  • This aversion may even have to do with the name itself.
    — Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Deals are down, money is tight, and risk aversion is the order of the day.
    — Robert Stevens, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2022
  • From Barack Obama to the man on the street, Chicagoans are known for their aversion to ketchup on hot dogs.
    — Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 13 Apr. 2024
  • My first trimester came with a lot of nausea and food aversions.
    — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 2 Aug. 2024
  • My first trimester came with a lot of nausea and food aversions.
    — Kayla Grant, People.com, 6 Feb. 2025
  • Yet the country has such an aversion to even the slightest brush with guilt.
    — Washington Post, 1 June 2021
  • There is risk aversion in the minds of businessmen because of the changes.
    — Knowledge@wharton, Quartz India, 18 Nov. 2019
  • Some of this aversion could be tied to Labour's push for large scale structural change.
    — Julia Horowitz, CNN, 9 Dec. 2019
  • Have an aversion to cilantro or don’t have sumac in your cupboard?
    — Katia Hetter, CNN, 11 Feb. 2023
  • What all his clients share is an extreme aversion to risk.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 3 May 2021
  • Christopher Nolan may be known for his aversion to CGI.
    — Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 July 2023
  • The aversion to cash that most investors have is truly to their detriment.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 18 Feb. 2025
  • The strangest thing about my aversion to horror is that at this point, the idea of a pair of glowing eyes in the dark isn't what's keeping me away.
    — Brett Williams, Men's Health, 20 Oct. 2022
  • Still, an aversion to those barbs has kept Stowers away from group hikes.
    — Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Oct. 2022
  • This isn't the first time The Good Place alum has spoken out about her aversion to Lagerfeld's legacy.
    — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 3 Oct. 2022
  • The royal has no aversion to wearing the same piece of clothing in public more than once.
    — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 1 Oct. 2020
  • Yet the thread that links their views is a preference for policies that harm growth, and an aversion to those which boost it.
    — The Economist, 15 Aug. 2020
  • There are enough lenses on the back of this phone to give anyone a case of trypophobia, an aversion to holes.
    — Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2021
  • This might reflect loss aversion, the researchers said.
    — The Arizona Republic, 4 Feb. 2024
  • Casey posits that the roots of humanity's aversion run, well, deep.
    — Amy Brady, Scientific American, 20 June 2023
  • There’s often a strong aversion to seeing and discussing shades of grey.
    — Ted Anthony, ajc, 8 Aug. 2021
  • But, an aversion to opening up isn’t always a bad sign.
    — Alyssa Girdwain, Women's Health, 6 June 2023
  • That can look like a fear of texture, [or] different aversions to smells.
    — Rachel Wenzlaff, ABC News, 10 Apr. 2024
  • Soon, her aversion to being a child transforms into dread of what faces her as an adult.
    — Lauren Oyler, Harpers Magazine, 5 Jan. 2021
  • An aversion to definition is a great gift to an artist like Welch.
    — Lauren Groff, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Kerkorian was widely known for his aversion to the press.
    — Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Jan. 2025
  • And his wife, the daughter of immigrants from Hong Kong, also had an aversion to spicy food.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 27 Mar. 2021
  • Trust is risky, and there is ample evidence from social science that the risk of being conned sparks a special risk aversion.
    — Tess Wilkinson-Ryan, TIME, 18 Mar. 2025

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