How to use veer in a sentence

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• The two boats were on a collision course, so they both veered starboard.From the entry collision course
• The truck veered across the central reservation and collected a car that was travelling in the opposite direction.From the entry collect
• The discussion was veering off into a danger zone.From the entry zone
• The issue of chatbot responses that veer into strange territory is widely known among researchers.2023 February 16, Karen Weise, “Microsoft Considers More Limits for Its New A.I. Chatbot”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New…. From the entry alignment
• Yes, I’m veering closely into “old man yells at clouds” territory, though that’s the point.2023 April 12, Matthew Byrd, “Resident Evil 4’s Microtransactions Ruin One of the Remake’s Best Features”, in Den of Geek, archived from…. From the entry old man yells at clouds
• Amid a two-hour conversation at Manny's, Axelrod veered from raconteur to philosopher to armchair psychologist to pundit.2022, Blake Hounshell, “David Axelrod on Biden, Karl Rove and What He'd Ask Trump”, in The New York Times. From the entry armchair psychologist
• The bus then veered, broke through the bridge fence and plunged into the Yangtze river.2018 October 28, Chen Aizhu, Li Pei, “Two dead after China bus plunges 60 meters into river: state media”, in Christopher Cushing, editor…. From the entry Wanxian
• This party headed towards the tiers and lakes, scouring the country while veering towards Bothwell.2017, Nick Brodie, The Vandemonian War, Hardie Grant Books, page 114. From the entry tier
• You get no reward meal if you veer off the carb cycle even 1%, that's the deal!2017 April 4, Michael Morelli, The Sweet Potato Diet: The Super Carb-Cycling Program to Lose Up to 12 Pounds in 2 Weeks, Hachette UK…. From the entry no soup for you
• This Toronto group plays multitextured instrumentals that veer from clangy turbulence to pastoral, acoustic daydreams.2007 March 23, The New York Times, “Pop and Rock Listings”, in New York Times. From the entry multitextured
• His Land Rover left the carriageway and veered onto the hard shoulder before biting into the grass verge.2021 February 24, Greg Morse, “Great Heck: a tragic chain of events”, in RAIL, number 925, page 38. From the entry near
• The spine is often quite straight, but it suddenly veers almost straight down to meet the edge at the tip.2021 March 5, Jake Welsh, Bladesmithing: A Step-by-Step Guide to Forging Your Own Knives for Beginners, Novelty Publishing LLC, page 36. From the entry sheepsfoot
• So the stance was crucial, because a mis-swing or glancing blow off the wood could veer towards a leading leg.2019, Joanna Foat, Lumberjills: Britain's Forgotten Army. From the entry mis-swing
• The Upper Red River veers northwards to China, but we take a sneaky left-hand turn down the Da River (Black River).2017 July 1, Colin Hinshelwood, “Cruise Vietnam’s scenic and lush Red River”, in CNN, archived from the original on 25 Jun 2017. From the entry Black River
• London’s right-leaning newspapers, which tend to run hot and cold on the prime minister, are veering toward Arctic right now.2013 May 23, Sarah Lyall, “British Leader’s Liberal Turn Sets Off a Rebellion in His Party”, in New York Times, retrieved 29 May 2013. From the entry run hot and cold
• Unfortunately, the show veers into melodramata when a soused Penny expresses second thoughts to Raj about dumping Leonard.2011 May 20th, Adam H. Kerman, rec.arts.tv, “The Big Bang Theory ‘The Roomate Transmogrification’ (spoilers)”, Message ID. From the entry melodramata
• "Philanthrocapitalism", as it has been called, veers towards tackling symptoms of poverty and distress rather than underlying causes.2010 August 5, Peter Wilby, “The rich want a better world? Try paying fair wages and tax”, in The Guardian. From the entry philanthrocapitalism
• Fenton, for example, veers from Victorian to protomodern.2008 June 6, Roberta Smith, “Aristocracy of Talent for an Egalitarian Art”, in New York Times. From the entry protomodern
• Mariah, veering wildly in the bipolar state that was 'tweendom, might be apologizing and complaining at one and the same time.2006, Carole Nelson Douglas, Cat in a Hot Pink Pursuit. From the entry tweendom
• He was dressed in a green velvet suit— a fashion statement, I thought, that veered very close to the leprechaunesque.2006, C. D. Payne, Young and Revolting: The Continental Journals of Nick Twisp, USA: Infinity Publishing, page 103. From the entry leprechaunesque
• On guitars, keyboards, percussion and electronics, the six instrumentalists also veer from moody industrial rock and elegiac synth drones to jittery, hypersaccharine pop.2023 July 10, Zachary Woolfe, “Review: Ted Hearne’s Sweet, Sad American Elegy”, in The New York Times. From the entry hypersaccharine
• Playwright Greg Moss's story is an admittedly odd duck, veering from conventional broad camp silliness to LARPy adventure drama to something more abstract.2023 March 30, Dan Jakes, “Out in orbit”, in Chicago Reader, Chicago, I.L.: Chicago Reader, Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original…. From the entry larpy
• The ship steamed past Ch'ung-ming Island and veered south into the Whangpu River, a quarter-mile wide tributary flanked on both sides by dirt levees.2016, Daniel Bacon, chapter 15, in Frisco (Fiction), Quicksilver Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 108. From the entry Ch'ung-ming
• It was for a north-west gale, veering to south-west (i.e. a normal Cape Horner, which was bound to last for at least three days).2016, Edward Allcard, Solo around Cape Horn, page 95. From the entry Cape Horner
• The bee finished its inspection of the non-flower and veered off towards some scattered purple wild flowers, indispersed among a stand of foxtails.2016, Mark A. Pierce Sr., Four and Twenty Blackbirds, page 95. From the entry indisperse
• Their findings have veered well away from the original conception of impostorism as a reflection of an anxious personality or a cultural stereotype.2008 February 5, Benedict Carey, “Feel Like a Fraud? At Times, Maybe You Should”, in New York Times. From the entry impostorism
• Structured around a sludgy riff, it skronks along noisily until about the two-minute mark, when the band veers left with a sudden acoustic interlude.2007 October 15, Mark Pytlik, “Radiohead: In Rainbows”, in Pitchfork Media. From the entry skronk
• Passing over the line is seen as more provocative, because the aircraft would be on a straight course over Taiwan if they did not veer away.2022 December 26, Amy Chang Chien, Chang Che, “With Record Military Incursions, China Warns Taiwan and the U.S.”, in The New York Times…. From the entry median line
• In framing her birth story in this way, Beyoncé veered away from the tokophobic assumptions that have normalized pain avoidance as a customary part of birth culture.2016, Natalie Jolly, “Birthing Baby Blue: Beyoncé and the Changing Face of Celebrity Birth Culture”, in Adrienne Trier-Bieniek, editor…. From the entry tokophobic
• “Taxi,” I yelled, “taxi,” racing across the street and grazing the bumper of a delivery van that veered and stopped short, the driver cursing me with proletarian gusto.1993, António Lobo Antunes, translated by Richard Zenith, “Morning”, in Act of the Damned, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Grove…. From the entry huffer
• Measurely the rowers dipped their scarlet oars as a red rudder swirled in the dark waters, veering a blood-red boat back again to the English shore.1910, The Idler Magazine, volume 38, page 124. From the entry measurely
• Lee starts her memoir with a recollection of hiking with her mother shortly after Gong, the author’s grandfather, has passed away, and the narrative veers into a discussion of translation.2020 April 24, Kristen Schott, “The Language of Self-Discovery: On Jessica J. Lee’s “Two Trees Make a Forest””, in Los Angeles Review of…. From the entry Wade-Giles

Meaning of veer

1. verb To let out (a sail-line), to allow (a sheet) to run out.
2. noun A turn or swerve; an instance of veering.
3. verb To change direction or course suddenly; to swerve.

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Questions about veer in a sentence

How do you use veer in a sentence?

Veer is used as a verb and noun. For example: “The car slid on the ice and veered out of control.”

What is a short sentence with veer?

“Fenton, for example, veers from Victorian to protomodern.”

What does veer mean?

Veer means to let out (a sail-line), to allow (a sheet) to run out.