deterred

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Deterred by the time and cost, she said she didn’t try again.

From Washington Post • Feb. 13, 2021

Deterred by the smoke and the emotional toll of seeing their houses incinerated, they turned back, only to return three days later.

From New York Times • Aug. 31, 2020

Deterred from speaking to Oprah herself, Kelley also combed through 2,500-odd clips from Oprah's public pronouncements.

From Reuters • Apr. 23, 2010

Deterred from a religious vocation, Isaac followed his equally radical brother Israel Joshua to the journals of Warsaw.

From Time Magazine Archive

Deterred by such a prospect, I resolved rather never to revisit him, than in such company.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 by Various