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Swerved in sentence

14 examples of Swerved in a sentence

And then, as if it had suddenly changed its mind, came towards me and then swerved to the right and went right around me.
There are some interesting issues asking to be covered by this film, which the writer and director swerved to avoid with alarming regularity.
Under the influence of this crusading mentality, US foreign policy has often swerved from diplomacy to war.
Meanwhile, the vehicles pick up speed, the distance between them shortens, and no one has yet swerved.
The needle on the pressure gauge swerved over its dial.
The thrust of the waters was so great, the Nautilus swerved away.
Their horses had swerved at our volley, and they had raced past our square and taken the fire of the two other ones beyond.
His eye fell on a lance beside a dead Frenchman, so he swerved his horse to let the other pass, and hopping off cleverly enough, he gripped hold of it.
I have never swerved from my purpose for a moment's space; but if I had, one thought of her uncomplaining, suffering look, as she drooped away, or of the starving face of our innocent child, would have nerved me to my task.
"It does not signify, gentlemen," continued the cardinal, without appearing to be in the least swerved from his first intention by the diversion which Athos had started, "it does not signify, gentlemen.
Toby never hesitated or swerved, but waddled on in his peculiar rolling fashion.
The antagonist of Grantmesnil, instead of bearing his lance-point fair against the crest or the shield of his enemy, swerved so much from the direct line as to break the weapon athwart the person of his opponent--a circumstance which was accounted more disgraceful than that of being actually unhorsed; because the latter might happen from accident, whereas the former evinced awkwardness and want of management of the weapon and of the horse.
A second and a third party of knights took the field; and although they had various success, yet, upon the whole, the advantage decidedly remained with the challengers, not one of whom lost his seat or swerved from his charge--misfortunes which befell one or two of their antagonists in each encounter.
Suddenly, the carriage swerved in the narrow lane to avoid collision with an obstacle.