How to Use deter in a Sentence

deter

verb
  • Painting the metal will deter rust.
  • Some potential buyers will be deterred by the price.
  • Zendaya wasn’t about to let a freezing day in Paris deter her from wearing hot-pants.
    Alice Cary, Vogue, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Glass’s failure didn’t deter other companies from taking a swing.
    Caroline Mimbs Nyce, The Atlantic, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Although the best way to understand your birth chart is by having a one-on-one session with a professional astrologer, don't let this deter you from self-studying!
    Meghan Rose, Glamour, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Endless phone menus, ineffective chatbots or long hold times deter customers from resolving their issues quickly.
    Byron Fernandez, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
  • The centers provide misleading or unsubstantiated claims about abortions to try and deter people from seeking them, the study said.
    Andrew Sheeler, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Feb. 2023
  • The restaurant had a no-reservations policy, which didn’t deter patrons from enduring long waits to get a table inside the warm, intimate and lively space.
    Jess Lander, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Lewis Capaldi is not letting his struggle with Tourette’s syndrome deter him from performing and releasing good music.
    Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Will league officials grease any and all poles and columns at State Farm Stadium to deter rowdy Eagles fans from scaling them?
    Ben Shpigel, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2023
  • Turner said the length of treatment or possibility of side effects from the antibiotics may deter some people from accepting medication.
    Aria Bendix, NBC News, 4 Feb. 2023
  • While the recent destruction can’t be reversed, conservationists are hoping that awareness of this loss will deter future motorists and help preserve other carvings in the desert.
    Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Sep. 2024
  • Sebastian Stan received warnings before portraying Donald Trump on the big screen, but that didn't deter the actor from pursuing the role.
    Benjamin Vanhoose, People.com, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Don’t let that deter you from putting out a bit for the birds.
    cleveland, 23 Dec. 2022
  • Wiredu does not seem to have been deterred by the raid.
    CNN, 12 Mar. 2020
  • Lag hasn’t been deterred from his mission to take gqom around the world.
    Nadia Neophytou, Billboard, 31 July 2019
  • The footage from those cameras will be used to deter and solve crime.
    Talis Shelbourne, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2020
  • The idea is that this will deter thieves from stealing iPhones to sell parts.
    Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 19 Sep. 2024
  • And many aren’t deterred by the prospect of legal action.
    Sarah Jones, The New Republic, 27 Feb. 2018
  • Don’t be deterred by the long line; the pros scooping the soft, slushy ices are lightning-fast.
    Regan Stephens, Peoplemag, 8 Apr. 2024
  • Don’t be deterred—get lost and ask a shepherd for help.
    Kyre Chenven, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Oct. 2018
  • That didn’t deter the 33-year-old from adding his mark, though.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 6 Aug. 2021
  • But Quibi will not be deterred and the app launched right on schedule.
    Adam Epstein, Quartz, 5 Apr. 2020
  • The net’s purpose is to deter would-be jumpers and save those who do jump from death.
    Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2024
  • The battery can be locked in place to deter theft or removed.
    Ted Slowik, Daily Southtown, 30 May 2018
  • Run-ins with sharks and stinging sea lice haven’t deterred her.
    Tammy Lagorce, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2023
  • The obstruction call changed the scoreboard but didn't deter the Tigers.
    Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Keep pushing that rock up the hill and don’t let anybody deter you.
    James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Dec. 2022
  • While timid Mari’s impulse to call the police, her friends deter her.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 23 Jan. 2022
  • But this won’t deter Baer from hitting the road once this all behind us.
    Alisha Prakash, Travel + Leisure, 9 Apr. 2020

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