| 1. | You are not averse to this trip, Watson. - from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle |
| 2. | My father's age rendered him extremely averse to delay. - from Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft (Godwin) Shelley |
| 3. | If his mate is averse to his diversions each goes his own way. - from How to Analyze People on Sight by Elsie Lincoln Benedict and Ralph Paine Benedict |
| 4. | The chances are that she would be as averse to its being seen by Mr. - from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle |
| 5. | Yet they are not averse to comfortable chairs and the latest periodicals. - from Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle |
| 6. | The mother is a lady of some station, though not averse to increasing her income.. - from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens |
| 7. | With gods averse the ill-fated works aros. - from The Iliad of Homer by Homer |
| 8. | Great Jove, averse our warfare to compose. - from The Iliad of Homer by Homer |
| 9. | But Jove averse the signs of wrath display'd. - from The Iliad of Homer by Homer |