Deviate in a sentence as a noun

Most deviate only the tiniest fraction from what is dictated by their background and mentors.

They're afraid that one drink will make their life deviate ever so slightly from the usual boring predictability they crave.

Overall, the process doesn't deviate too far from "write it, review it, commit it", when it comes to being an external contributor.

Deviate in a sentence as a verb

That video explanation made no sense to me. Basically the "interface" presented to the drivers has not changed, so why would drivers deviate from how they currently merge?

Quality of education is not determined by quality of political structure and can deviate from it for better or worse.

Understand, he made no proactive effort to lose the weight:I actually made a conscious effort not to deviate from my diet or exercise routine during this experiment.

Deviate in a sentence as an adjective

We learned to institute such principles as foundational law precisely because "sane compromises" and "mitigating circumstances" went very, very bad; if we deviate from them again, we will again learn - the very hard way - why those principles were enshrined in the first place.

Deviate definitions

noun

a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior

See also: pervert deviant degenerate

verb

turn aside; turn away from

See also: divert

verb

be at variance with; be out of line with

See also: vary diverge depart

verb

cause to turn away from a previous or expected course; "The river was deviated to prevent flooding"

adjective

markedly different from an accepted norm; "aberrant behavior"; "deviant ideas"

See also: aberrant deviant