How to Use veer in a Sentence

veer

1 of 2 verb
  • This is where Dorit veers wrong a bit.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2026
  • What’s the chance Erin could veer closer to the coast?
    — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 16 Aug. 2025
  • But obstacles veered her away from art for years.
    — Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 27 June 2026
  • Just try veering right or left, get your wheels stuck, and that’s the end of you.
    — Literary Hub, 23 Jan. 2026
  • At this point, the joke veers into tangents.
    — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026
  • The bus then left the road, veered onto the shoulder and flipped.
    — Taijuan Moorman, USA TODAY, 22 Aug. 2023
  • John had to veer into the next lane just as traffic was whizzing past.
    — Colin Campbell, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2023
  • Will top leaders veer left or right, or stick to a centrist course?
    — David Noyce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Nov. 2022
  • Here, hikers will veer right to head southeast.
    — Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Jan. 2026
  • The shadows that were purple in the fall now veer toward blue.
    — Françoise Mouly, The New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2022
  • Do the performances sometimes veer too broad or too stiff?
    — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 17 Mar. 2026
  • The palette is simple, veering from cozy earth tones to bright whites.
    — Angela Tafoya, Vogue, 20 May 2026
  • The car veered off the road, struck a concrete barrier, and caught fire.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 23 Dec. 2025
  • Petri hotel aesthetic that veered more bold and glam.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
  • The Padres’ pitching coach’s plans often veer well off course.
    — Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 May 2026
  • But topics also veer off to the mundane.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
  • As the men descended from the main summit plateau, all three veered off-route to the east.
    — Owen Clarke, Outside, 25 Sep. 2025
  • There is no reason to reinvent the wheel or to veer from the franchise system.
    — Seth Lederman, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The truck had veered off the road, struck a light pole and then hit a guardrail, according to police.
    — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Don’t be afraid to veer off in a new direction or try something foreign.
    — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 22 Feb. 2024
  • There is nothing more boring than someone who won’t veer off message.
    — Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 4 June 2026
  • Two shots were fired, and the vehicle then veered and crashed into the side of the roadway.
    — Rebecca Schneid, Time, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Two blizzards headed in the direction of the state veered off.
    — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Officials said the man veered off the road for unknown reasons.
    — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2026
  • His truck veered off the road in Idaho, flipping eight times with the roof caving in.
    — Greg Rosenstein, NBC news, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Scenes often veer into the ridiculous.
    — Scott Bryan, Variety, 17 Aug. 2025
  • The collision caused Lewis' car to veer off the road and into the marsh off the side of the road.
    — Michele Gile, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
  • After the shots, the SUV veered into two parked cars.
    — Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2026
  • The car’s tracks had run along a road’s shoulder and rocky berm before veering farther away from the paved road.
    — Aya Elamroussi, CNN, 6 July 2023
  • In the video, the women were seen chatting when a cab suddenly veered toward them.
    — Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 16 Mar. 2026

veer

2 of 2 noun
  • But that optimism now veers into naivete.
    — Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 2 May 2026
  • Curtis replied when asked how often his team plays against other veer option teams.
    — Chris Dabe, NOLA.com, 10 Oct. 2020
  • Designed for city living, the color palette veers to black, white and brown.
    — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Now Bonanno veers on the side of caution.
    — Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 18 May 2026
  • But what’s not is letting the buzz veer into reductive rhetoric.
    — Sandra Gonzalez, CNN Money, 5 Dec. 2025
  • The palate veers toward the drier end of the spectrum, with flavors like oak, spice, and a bit of mint.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 23 Dec. 2025
  • On the air, his demeanor veers from folksy and affable to Alex Jones–lite.
    — Tom Bartlett, The Atlantic, 24 Feb. 2026
  • That’s true even when those films’ themes and motifs veer uncomfortably close to my daily life.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Very clean and crisp on initial taste, but there’s a distinctive finish that veers slightly sour.
    — Lucas Kwan Peterson, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2023
  • Over the course of an album, that approach veers towards formula.
    — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The puppy eyeliner look aims to widen and round eyes via a reversed wing that veers slightly down rather than up and away.
    — Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 20 Nov. 2023
  • The Red Raiders run an uptempo offense referred to as the veer-and-shoot.
    — Noah White, Miami Herald, 26 Dec. 2025
  • Lime Kiln Trail veers left following the north fork of Cliffhanger.
    — Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 16 June 2023
  • De La Salle used its veer offense to roll up more than 200 first-half rushing yards.
    — Mitch Stephens, SFChronicle.com, 14 Sep. 2019
  • This dump cake veers off the traditional path by using a can of pumpkin puree instead of a pie filling.
    — Patricia S York, Southern Living, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Will the Democratic Party veer left?
    — The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Duprey then loses control and is thrown toward a tree as the motorcycle veers into the street.
    — Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Drake raps about guns with the glee of getting away with gunplay while his rhyme partner veers on a dime from trauma to gallows humor.
    — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Delicate veers far from the franchise's roots — namely, horror.
    — James Mercadante, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Pilot whales have strong social ties and even if only a few members of a pod veer off course, the others often follow.
    — NBC News, 26 Sep. 2020
  • Gary Mills, in the back of Cashe’s Bradley, felt the vehicle veer right just before the blast.
    — Dan Lamothe, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Dec. 2021
  • There’s no need to get into the issues with light conversation, as that veers into critique.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2026
  • The alert skier veers to the right as the avalanche continues down the slope to avoid being caught up in the cascading snow, the video shows.
    — Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 20 Feb. 2024
  • The Rams run a split-back veer offense that is similar to the offense used at Curtis.
    — Chris Dabe, NOLA.com, 17 Dec. 2020
  • His presence leads to torture, gunfire and an ending that veers into the surreal.
    — Caryn James, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The other veers into a political realm where judges, as Thomas once told us, have no business.
    — Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 21 May 2026
  • Soldotna’s famed if not flashy veer option scheme took a little while to get untracked Friday.
    — Matt Nevala, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Aug. 2021
  • Make sure the blues have similar undertones (some veer cooler than others) to avoid clashing.
    — Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Dec. 2025
  • The city is located at the point where the Volga veers east, as if attracted by the pull of the Urals.
    — Elettra Pauletto, Harper's Magazine, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Avoid having a member of the bridal party veer into that awkward zone by orchestrating things ahead of time.
    — Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 17 May 2022

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