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How To Use avoid In A Sentence

• To avoid leaving the center posts in the permanent work, two rows of temporary posts were placed, as shown by Fig. 1, Plate LX, the center wall and skewback were built, and the posts were removed, as shown by Fig. 2, Plate LX, before placing the remainder of the lining. Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910 The New York Tunnel Extension of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The Cross-Town Tunnels. Paper No. 1158
• Avoid cruel and violent people, as they tend to take up cudgels with you on non-issues.
• While on the elimination diet, try to avoid hanging on to a few favourite foods and eating only those. The Allergy Handbook
• We salute the flag, honer our military and are for taking care of our elderly, military and avoiding socialism. Obama invites senators from both parties to discuss vacancy
• Predators have been observed to avoid attacking brightly coloured species.
• The washout means England are certain at least to avoid a 7-0 whitewash in the series after losing the first four. The Sun
• Avoid unhealthy foods such as hamburger and chips.
• Having obtained the metacentric height, reference to a diagram will at once show the whole range of stability; and this being ascertained at each loading, the stowage of the cargo can be so adjusted as to avoid excessive stiffness in the one hand and dangerous tenderness on the other. Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883
• If a certain amount of begrudgery is the unavoidable product of such a position of eminence, it is neither fair nor perceptive.
• A donkey can avoid bad debts in a climate of strong economic growth, and negative real interest rates.