avoided

By allowing him to live, Marshal avoided the shame of killing an unarmed heir-apparent.

But if Clinton waded into the natural gas debate, she entirely avoided the Keystone one.

Others avoided eye contact as they cast their vote against the bill and quickly walked past her.

Cumberbatch and Hunter have assiduously avoided being identified as celebrity couple until now.

Now, I think he avoided it because of something that happened a few months after he left.

And although we gabbled freely enough, MacRae avoided all mention of the persons of whom I most wished to hear.

The sense of bearing on to the voice, or endeavoring to push the tone by any pressure whatever, should be absolutely avoided.

When it was too late, I could think of half a dozen ways we might have avoided getting held up.

In order that such might be avoided, I have made and am making all the efforts possible.

Hence the danger—ever to be avoided—of using classical allusions in teaching the average student.