swerved's Usage Examples:

The carriage went a way and then swerved, hanging over the current.

From this unassailable standpoint he never swerved, despite the promises and even the menaces both of the eastern and the western powers.

Atoms swerved as they fell endlessly downwards, and thus introduced an indeterminate or irrational element into the processes of the world.

Although his faith in the dogmas of the Roman Catholic Church never swerved, his strenuous protests against papal corruptions, his reliance on the Bible as his surest guide, and his intense moral earnestness undoubtedly connect Savonarola with the movement that heralded the Reformation.

Addressing the Kufians, he said, "Inhabitants of Kufa, ye are those whose affection towards us has ever been constant and true; ye have never changed your mind, nor swerved from it, notwithstanding all the pressure of the unjust upon you.

swerved to miss a car.

The trail swerved only to avoid trees, and it was soon evident where the goat was headed.

You swerved from it.

The Russian battleships, originally heading J swerved to the E.

Denisov's horse swerved aside to avoid a pool in the track and bumped his rider's knee against a tree.

Synonyms:

slue, yaw, sheer, trend, cut, slew, veer, turn, curve, peel off,

Antonyms:

reduce, boil, stay, engage, worsen,