Advertisement
Advertisement
veered
verb as in change direction
Discover More
Example Sentences
But the car roared away, the driver so desperate to escape that he veered into oncoming traffic.
“It was as though she had veered, accidentally, into her own life,” writes Shields elsewhere.
Kerry stuck mostly to his script, but veered off at times, as he often does.
A Metro-North train veered off the tracks in New York City, stopping just short of falling into water.
In a frantic effort to mobilize supporters, the Democrats abruptly veered toward more populist economics.
The conversation began with national politics, swung to crops, and veered finally to the subject of investments.
Valeria, with her wonted capriciousness, veered round in defence of the institution that she had been just jeering at.
Reef-tackles were ready to pull earings down, but the breeze veered to the east north-east and did not harden.
Of course there were periods in which her mind veered round.
When she heard the circular read, the wind veered from another quarter altogether.
Advertisement
On this page you'll find 41 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to veered, such as: whirl, swerve, depart, shift, drift, and deflect.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse