Use of the word deviate in a sentence example

deviate

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If we deviate from the directions we were given, we will probably get lost. [verb]

The occasional readings that deviated from the general trend for the individual were discarded. [Please select]

But no power of nature can of itself deviate from its own laws. [Please select]

It bears the impress of truth, and to deviate widely from it would be arbitrary. [Please select]

Fans of the book were not pleased when the screenwriter chose to deviate the movie script from the plot of the novel. [Please select]

The people in my hometown were suspicious of anyone who deviated from the norm. [Please select]

The actors were given permission to deviate slightly from the script, provided they stayed in character. [Please select]

We are studying deviant adolescent behavior in my psychology course at the moment. [Please select]

Her son is a deviant with no social skills whatsoever. [verb]

Studies show that males exceed females in the frequency of criminal forms of deviance. [Please select]

Aristotle once noted that the least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold. [Please select]

'You've got to follow me, mister, and not deviate one inch from my tracks.' [Please select]

But the time came when Wade deviated from his gentleness of speech and leisure of action. [Please select]

He had asked her already once, but somehow the conversation had deviated--was it to Mrs. [Please select]

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