turned away

verb

past tense of turn away
as in turned back
to drive back using tree branches, the campers were able to turn away the charging fox, which was apparently rabid

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Recent Examples of turned away Many of the nation’s most elite institutions have recently turned away from test-blind or test-optional admission policies. — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026 The property can house up to 250 animals, some of which may require specialized care or may have illnesses or specific diseases that would, in most cases, cause them to be euthanized or turned away. — Rashad Williams, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026 Her two male friends were turned away at the door, leaving Lara and her two female friends to enter without them. — Taylor Galgano, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2026 As Gaza was reduced to ashes, the whole world watched—and turned away. — Literary Hub, 13 Oct. 2026 Past lending scrutiny for Wells Fargo While the new federal probe looks into whether minority buyers received preferential terms, earlier reports this year focused on claims that minority applicants were unfairly turned away. — Chase Jordan october 7, Charlotte Observer, 7 Oct. 2026 The plane was told to wait for clearance from the Jordanian military and then turned away. — Arkansas Online, 1 Oct. 2026 While customers drawn by the deal monopolized tables to gorge on order after order of shrimp, restaurants ran out of shrimp and turned away regular customers. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026 The veteran goaltender turned away anything and everything Carolina sent his way in his return to the Panthers. — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for turned away
  1. turned back
  2. repulsed
  3. repelled
  4. resisted
Verb
  • Among those rescued was Chinese tourist Weiwei Zhao, who had been trekking with a friend but turned back because of heavy snowfall.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026
  • The two giggled momentarily before Quiñonez turned back and answered candidly.
    — Jake McCreven, Hartford Courant, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of turned back
Verb
  • Young people just aren’t interested, partly because they’re repulsed by bodily fluids.
    — Marta Balaga, Variety, 16 Sep. 2026
  • His recent comments didn’t favor the Browns fanbase, and many Cleveland fans seem viscerally repulsed by him.
    — Andy Behrens, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of repulsed
Verb
  • Even some supporters of capital punishment, including a number of Republican lawmakers, seemed repelled by the prospect.
    — Amy Davidson Sorkin, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Some microbiomes attracted the skeeters; others repelled them.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of repelled
Verb
  • Chen initially resisted the rainbow-like chromatic aberration familiar from other screen depictions of superpowers.
    — Davide Abbatescianni, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026
  • That figure, which includes prices for groceries and food eaten away from home, suggests some restaurants and stores resisted passing along higher supply costs to shoppers.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of resisted

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“Turned away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turned%20away. Accessed 19 Oct. 2026.

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