Soraya asked if he liked his room and I noticed that she was trying to avoid looking at his wrists and that her eyes kept swaying back to those jagged pink lines. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I just want to know why you avoid him when you still love him, when you still want him to be strong.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I avoided Papá’s eyes while I talked and focused on Mamá’s smile. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

She moves with grace to the witness stand, avoiding looking at either the jury or the defendants. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the stacks, it was best to avoid being heard or seen, whenever possible. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Oh—” Stheno stepped back quickly to avoid getting flattened by the giant’s foot. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

In that way he had avoided four out of eleven traps. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

As if in a trance, Piper walked across the street toward the edge of the seawall, narrowly avoiding a horse-drawn carriage. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

After that, Ophie went out of her way to avoid Penelope. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Selma’s mayor had ordered Sheriff Clark to avoid violent confrontations. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

I say, maybe avoiding the whole last minute’s conversation. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

To avoid her, we would have to skirt right next to Scylla’s cliffs. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

As a result of Washington’s Olympian status, the infant American republic had managed to avoid a contested presidential election prior to 1796. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

They stayed pretty much in the rooms and avoided public places. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

This appears to be a discussion he isn’t interested in avoiding. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I stare at his drawing to avoid his eyes and ask, “Joon, where do you go when you skip class?” A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Bessie crossed the street to avoid the jumble of saloons and their disreputable clientele. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Here and there I saw several attractive young women but carefully avoided giving them more than a glance. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The bus driver had to stop in the middle of the street to avoid hitting her! You should keep your children inside unless you come out with them!” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Brian turned back to avoid embarrassing the pilot who was obviously in some discomfort. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. Like, You have to avoid this truck. Don’t get hit in the head by these metal pipes. Make a right. The rules are defined and you follow them.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Nok avoided eye contact with the other people around her as she tried to retrace her steps. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

In fact, much of his training was to avoid making them by mistake. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

And that all anyone in that waiting room is talking about is me, how they are avoiding mentioning Mom or Dad or Teddy. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Is there some reason you want to avoid me?” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t believe my life had come to hiding from the media and trying to avoid yet another microphone thrust in my face. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Since I’ve been trying to avoid home as much as possible, I haven’t invited either of them over to Morning Glory Cottage yet. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

In this way the Greeks avoided repeated letters. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Harry had never been inside Filch’s office before; it was a place most students avoided. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

The tank clattered and clanked over the cobblestones, swinging right and left over curbs and back again to avoid the few pedestrians, then sped into the harbor district, past taverns and shops and shipping offices. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I scrupulously avoided discussing with him any matters of a political or sensitive nature on the grounds that he might also have been an informer. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tried to catch his eye, but he carefully avoided looking at her. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Sedulously, he had once avoided the clusters of boys who haunted the locker rooms with their salient, knowledgeable talk in which his finely honed sense of morality denied him participation. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She noticed that friends and relatives were avoiding her. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

They avoid each other now, when they happen to cross paths in the library and on the streets. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Dorothy herself helped keep it that way by avoiding him whenever the guys were around. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

The front door had remained unlocked for him, but on the third floor he met Peeves and only narrowly avoided detection by diving sideways through one of his shortcuts. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

But for the most part the new scientists avoided the word ‘evidence’ because it inevitably carried with it an implicit reference to the law courts—a reference that Sprat was willing to make explicit. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

To find coolness and a way to avoid mosquitoes unable to fly that high up or unwilling to leave the tender neck meat near the street lamps. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

They turn back to their lunches and avoid looking at us. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

I just couldn’t understand how these people justified avoiding not just me but my entire family. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I drove around the perimeter of Jefferson Park so we could avoid driving past our houses, just in case our parents had woken up and discovered us missing. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I want her to take me into her arms and tell me I am a good boy, and at the same time I want to turn away to avoid a slap. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

They ran southeast, in the direction he wanted them to go, with tails straight out behind their manure-stained haunches, running more like deer than cattle, moving from thicket to thicket for cover, avoiding the clearings. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

It also told me where all the traps were located, and how to disarm or avoid them. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“But if the lady will give you Death Mist, it might hide you. If we can avoid Night. The lady is very close to Night. That is bad.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Sometimes they would sneer outright, for no reason, before I looked down to avoid eye contact. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The family built a hut in a small makeshift village with other Moro, avoiding the “peace camps” and farming the surrounding hillsides to produce enough food to survive. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Everybody in the gym called me “Chief,” an honorific he avoided, calling me “Mister Mandela,” and occasionally, when he felt sympathy for his old man, “My bra,” township slang meaning “My brother.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wrote to himself, in his notebook, just after his anxiety attack, that he would “avoid stating how far, I believe, in Materialism.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

To avoid checkpoints and get farther away from the border, Shin followed a winding footpath up into the mountains, where he walked for most of the day. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

There was bribery and general shadiness that went on, a great deal of violence, and a lot of protection money paid to avoid violence. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I cringed, pressing back against the seat as hard as I could, trying to avoid her touch. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Madam never woke early enough to note my absence, and the soldierwives were so grateful to avoid the chore, they never told. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I avoided Pooky whenever I could, but hadn’t noticed him among the men gossiping on the Big Store steps. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Once she dropped to her knees to avoid a stone that nearly grazed her head; another time she shoved Maria sideways into a pool to avoid a rock. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had a few scratches but had avoided any bee stings. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

They had their own hootch at the edge of the perimeter, fortified with sandbags and a metal fence, and except for the bare essentials they avoided contact with the medical detachment. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

My subconscious had dredged up exactly the images I’d been trying so desperately to avoid. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She said she had gone to Disney World before, and she let him in on which were the best rides at what time, and which ones to avoid altogether. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

She’s avoiding me because dearly her conscience is eating away at her and soon she will be nothing but an oily husk of regret. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Thereafter Bellerophon, hated of the gods, wandered alone, devouring his own soul and avoiding the paths of men until he died. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The city was trying to attract businesses to its new Research Triangle Park and the civil rights pioneers figured that local stores, wanting to avoid any bad publicity, would be “pushovers.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Dicey welcomed the music, but she had wanted to avoid any further contact with them. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I take the long way around school to avoid seeing any teachers or staff who are now starting to head home. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Zed threw a few fake punches and zipped his feet back and forth like he was bobbing and weaving to avoid an opponent in the ring. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She seemed to think it just as natural that “they” should want to rob you of your pleasures as that you should want to avoid being caught. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Hagrid swerved, but the Death Eaters were keeping up with the bike; more curses shot after them, and Harry had to sink low into the sidecar to avoid them. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I pulled Audrey to the side of the hallway to avoid being trampled. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

She lets go of Daniel to avoid being ripped apart. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

The moon hid behind clouds to avoid seeing what was happening. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Then I have a way you can help him avoid trouble and keep his runway,” he barked. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She was sensible enough to sit out jitterbug numbers and avoid music with a South American taint, and Henry said when she learned to talk and dance at the same time she’d be a hit. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

But I couldn’t avoid Rachel all the time. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The only way to avoid such confusion, they have concluded, is to do away with the pet name altogether, as many of their Bengali friends have already done. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

To avoid the river, I took the forest path. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I managed to avoid her by taking different routes between classes, but she found me after school, came shouting after me as I tried to slink away: “Leo! Leo!” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

My Jamaican rear gunner and I took a tortuous route over a series of garden walls to avoid the checkpoint on the road. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, while I managed to avoid having the portrait taken, I couldn’t get out of being part of the class picture. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I don’t know why someone would avoid the Abnegation. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He shifted restlessly but there was no avoiding the sun. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“No, seriously. It’s so big, you can easily avoid anyone you hate.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I was also to avoid any demons or demonesses standing about in large groups talking idly. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

But there was a way to avoid such aggravation: He could simply abandon the Datsun and resume his odyssey on foot. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pigeons had been told to avoid Pinchfield Farm and to alter their slogan from “Death to Frederick” to “Death to Pilkington.” Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

"Well, I don't like a lot of bickering and confusion myself," he said, avoiding my eyes. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was lying by the side of the road where someone had carried him—not in the gutter but away from the road, to avoid the mud-churning cart wheels. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

But most rabbits avoid swimming, and certainly an exhausted rabbit could not swim the Enborne. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

To minimize the risk of being cut in a spill, he tried to avoid very young, inexperienced horses. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The dwarf girl is your burden. Kiss her, kill her, or avoid her, as you like. It’s naught to me.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Poor Mr. Legrand. People going out of their way to avoid his acquaintance.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

All week long, every time I saw J.T. or Digger, we avoided one another—until the day Digger caught up with me after school when I was cutting across the field by the tennis courts. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

“And avoiding a stroll by the Hob...that’s going to fix things for me?” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

However, the moonlit corridors were empty and silent, and by checking the map at strategic intervals, Harry was able to ensure that he wouldn’t run into anyone he wanted to avoid. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He ducked just in time to avoid a rotten green tomato to the head as the Rudes drove by in their old pickup, their cackles wafting behind. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Onstage, she didn’t know where to look, how to avoid the glare. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Today, though, I have nowhere to go after school, so there is no avoiding Sam. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Boats chug around the lake, careful to avoid the giant water turbines churning along the edge, and the shore's flood sirens are quiet and unlit. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“We’ll tell him he can have the sword after he’s helped us get into that vault—but we’ll be careful to avoid telling him exactly when he can have it.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She avoided me for the rest of the night, and then wouldn't talk to me on the ride back to school in her car Sunday morning. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

But he knew that only in the Brotherhood could we make ourselves known, could we avoid being empty Sambo dolls. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now that there was nothing more to do, the thoughts I had so far avoided came crowding in on me in agitated turmoil. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Folks would tell us, “Watch out for the red-light district in No folk,” and we’d go around No folk avoiding red traffic lights. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

A seemingly colorblind system has emerged that locks millions of African Americans into a permanent undercaste, and it appears that those who are trapped within it could have avoided it simply by not committing crimes. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“All of us,” he said, his eyes avoiding mine. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe it’s time to whittle down the “people I’m avoiding” list. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, rewriting a sentence to avoid a “split” makes it ridiculous. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the source of trouble and corruption, and should be avoided at all costs. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Immediately Matthias scrambled about on all fours, hastily trying to stuff nuts back into the basket as he muttered clumsy apologies, avoiding the stern gaze of his elder. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Thus I set off to Copenhagen and the prospect of more biochemistry to avoid. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t want to talk about it, and he avoids any discussion involving Mother’s failings. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

We sit down at an empty table, and I avoid talking to Kasim because he’s supposed to be working. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I take good care of my stump, watching for hot spots, avoiding chafing and blisters. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

They picked a way among the trees, and their ponies plodded along, carefully avoiding the many writhing and interlacing roots. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Almost a month had passed since Thomas had last called—the call I’d avoided by pretending to be sick. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

If Cecilia were to be reunited with her family, if the sisters were close again, there would be no avoiding her. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I know that Annie had touched me before—how could it be avoided? Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

It would have meant a trip to the hospital, and Matt wanted to avoid that at all costs. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ascertained that they wished me to perform, and it behove me to comply, that I might avoid detection. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

They usually avoided Vigil talk although Kevin often had inside information about assignments and stuff and he often fed it to Danny in bits and pieces, finding it hard not to show off a bit. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s the only way to avoid whatever is coming. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Still, they took the long route all the way out by the beehives to avoid Sparkswallow Square, where a few people might be standing around and talking. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He also found it difficult, during the weeks and days before the escape, to avoid thoughts of what had happened to his mother and brother. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

The paddleboat wobbled when she stepped aboard, and she had to crouch and use her hands to avoid falling into the water. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Was it not a word, thanks to Pascal, irretrievably associated with religious polemics of the sort that the members of the Royal Society were determined to avoid? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

On Sunday morning, I pretended to oversleep, part of Dad’s plan to avoid trouble, and Mom flung open the door to my room. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone took siestas to avoid the worst heat of the day. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stella and Jojo jumped out of the way just in time to avoid a muck shower. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Her only recommendation was to avoid athletics, since my knee is still recovering. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Punishment now, for all that you have done. It cannot be avoided. But I am here too, this is my path.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

So on the days that the radio played Ammu’s songs, people avoided her, made little loops around her, because everybody agreed that it was best to just Let Her Be. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was difficult sometimes, but he tried to avoid that sort of thinking. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She watched him while Josiah was inside buying a six- pack; Tayo tried to avoid her eyes, but she was a patient woman. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Poppy swerved to avoid a sheep in the road. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

In an effort to avoid conversation, I made a major mistake by wrapping my lips around the straw of a mega-sized Coke and guzzling the whole thing before the flick even started. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She dashes between a couple of slow walkers and skirts along the outside of sidewalk scaffolding to avoid having to slow down for people. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

JonPaul, without saying a word, turned away from me like I was something a fully suited hazmat team would avoid, and walked down the hall. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

To avoid making noise and alarming him, we arranged for the pig to do our work for us. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Often people look the other way if there is a fight in the street, to avoid getting in trouble themselves. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

The People of the First Light could avoid or adapt to European technology but not European disease. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I learned the other reason they waited for a thunderstorm to play when Jasper, trying to avoid Edward’s infallible fielding, hit a ground ball toward Carlisle. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Like, if I see the parent of some friend of mine and we’re not actually in school, I try to avoid eye contact so I don’t have to talk to them. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

With one scarred hand, he swiped at the salty rivulets, careful to avoid rubbing off the LED paint. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I started bringing something to eat from home and spending lunch in the library again to avoid the band—ex-band—in the cafeteria. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Bandits try to avoid gangsters, who are probably armed, preferring easier prey. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

He seemed either ill or very much depressed, and the strangers avoided him instinctively. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their conversation was easy: she catching him up on all the gossip, he asking about this one and that one, and like everybody else avoiding any reference to her leg. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Sal and I had crossed the street to avoid that fight. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Bigger avoided the frenzied man and went to the door. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I had wondered if Chasca might bring up this topic that we had so carefully avoided for so long. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Watching Miss Mallory now, the way she was examining her hands so closely to avoid watching Cady at her baking station, he remembered it all. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I avoided her stare as I put on my navy duffel coat. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“In the end,” murmurs Volkheimer as the truck heaves away, “none of us will avoid it.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I groaned, hunching over and curling up like a grub to avoid the light. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

But I did not think it fair to avoid reporting the prefect and mark down the fifteen others, so I simply tore up my list and charged no one. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s been avoiding me, and I’ve been afraid of what that means. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He closed his fist around it, spun, dashed its contents into the face of the charging dwarf girl, then threw himself to one side to avoid her knife. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I would have to tell her which streets to avoid, which way the traffic came, tell her to wear her sari so that the free end did not drag on the footpath. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

And if sometimes she noticed the way the neighborhood kids avoided Vivi or the way their parents talked about her in low, worried voices, Jude didn’t think it was anything important. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It’s an advantage for herons to avoid the dangers of migration. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

In one hall, they had to zig and zag to opposite sides and sidle along the lockers to avoid the security cameras. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

When the boss looked at me I would avoid his eyes. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was crouching down to avoid the fist of the butcher, but was so happy to hear the voice of Mrs. Wishart letting us go first. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He was the first to see Xenocrates arrive at the party, and watched as he unsuccessfully tried to avoid encounters. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Most teachers avoided controversial subjects, but Mr. Brown’s classroom reverberated with them. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cecile went through the kitchen to avoid everyone sleeping in the living room. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Agents in the past had sensed that they were being followed, and White gave his men advice in case their cover was blown: “Keep your balance, avoid any rough stuff if possible.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“Good. Good! Any job you can do outside the camp will help you avoid Amon Goeth.” Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

She stopped serving Esteban at the table and avoided running into him, since they no longer had anything to say to one another. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Conquering Bear had done his best to avoid trouble. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

Both Ben and Toomer had to duck to avoid the moss. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Telemakhos, now strong with magic, smiled across at his own father—but avoided the swineherd’s eye. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He walked up and down the kitchen, trying to avoid her eyes. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

He had no intention of spending the rest of the year cowering in the rest room or sneaking through the halls just to avoid some dumb bully. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maxim’s grandmother had bowed her head to avoid the sweeping branches of the trees, and the horse had trotted down the twisting drive where I now walked. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

In the presence of such dangers, avoided with such skill but with difficulty, it seems to us impossible not to fear some sort of catastrophe in the future. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had to, especially if it meant avoiding his father’s girlfriend, Leandra. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

As I slipped away between the trees and branches, careful to avoid the path of the people, my head was busy with fierce wonderings. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“Or the school musical. Or band. You should probably avoid band, too.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Some caterpillars masquerade as dead leaves, twigs, snakes, even bird droppings, to avoid being eaten. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The old woman pulled the bell cord and got out of the seat, trying self-consciously to avoid any contact with the anatomy of Jones, who watched her writhing through the detachment of his green lenses. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Of course they do,” Ana put in, “but you must avoid appearing as though you are interested only in his wealth.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

But on that day, he’s standing right by her car, and she can’t avoid him. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

As in: If JB hadn’t been acting so silly and playing around, he would have cut one lock instead of five from my head and avoided this calamity. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

Despite the obvious excuse I could have used to avoid Mr. Sampson—that I was traveling back up to my apartment instead of down to the lobby—I stepped into the elevator and said hello. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

They had to get out and drag the men aside to avoid running over them. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Despite everything, he felt a shiver of excitement; he was sure they could avoid getting trapped out there at night again. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Realizing that the longer she hesitated, the more attention she would draw, she turned around quickly and descended the ladder, trying to avoid eye contact with the people waiting in line at the bottom. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Migrants flatten themselves to avoid being hit by tree branches as their freight train rolls through Chiapas in southern Mexico. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“Where did you get that crazy idea? Nothing will happen to you. You can go back to avoiding squirrel meat tomorrow.” Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

She crossed the floor in two steps—avoiding yesterday’s untouched dinner in the process—and sat down on the mattress. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Why, unless there was real danger, would he be so careful to help me avoid it? Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the last possible moment, I somehow manage to hurdle Jason and avoid a full-impact collision. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

The Cabby, however, obviously the bravest as well as the kindest person present, was keeping close to the horse, dodging this way and that to avoid the bar, but still trying to catch Strawberry’s head. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Through the woods I walked, shining the light on the ground so I could avoid any traps that might be hidden. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

But I must force myself to shine a flashlight into the darkest places, to admit the real reason I’ve avoided mentioning Papito. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Table service allowed women to avoid sitting on a bar stool or placing a foot up on a brass rail. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

There was painful danger and I had to avoid it. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was doing everything she could, she told herself, to avoid the fate in her vision—but she was afraid she was losing that battle. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I’ve mostly been trying to avoid looking at the guards directly, but as I turn to leave, I raise my eyes to meet his. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Ammu knew that weddings were not something that could be avoided altogether. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because protest marches had been banned, the teachers were careful to avoid any impression that they were in fact marching. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You didn’t say that to avoid the inevitable, did you?” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

This was one of the universals I had so far avoided. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

He took a step backward, walking toward the stone steps, avoiding the desiccated remains of people and animals on the floor. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

It generally avoids human contact, is more likely to allow a witch to approach it than a wizard, and is so fleet of foot that it is very difficult to capture. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought of the few occasions in my life up to now when I had tried—I admit—to bring on a fever to avoid school or church. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

To avoid the probable fate of Mars 3, we wanted Viking to land in a place and time at which the winds were low. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then, partly to warm up, partly to avoid seeing a certain policeman for a third time, he ducked into a bar. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d been able to avoid Sheriff Dean all these months, and even though he seemed to have evaded his past, he didn’t want a face-to-face encounter now. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Slimy pink earthworms covered the sidewalk and the road, and we tried avoiding them as we walked, but you noticed one get squashed beneath a cyclist’s tire. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Uh-huh. My medical team says that keeping things as normal as possible—while avoiding stress is the best treatment.” Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I avoid a group of freshmen, rushing by clutching armloads of books, fright covering their faces. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

She looked again questioningly, but this time avoided her husband’s face. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I avoided going downtown, going into any of the stores for fear my presence would embarrass people who had been my friends. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He put his head down and sprinted forward, narrowly avoiding a blast that erupted over his head, showering them all in bits of wall. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“My teeth hurt,” Mom said, but she was getting all shifty-eyed, glancing around the room and avoiding our stares. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Or perhaps he perceived that I was avoiding his question, and that made him curious. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Percy had to roll to avoid getting crushed by his large hairy rear. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Pretending he hadn’t heard, Fadi avoided the cafeteria, planning to hide out in the library. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Either that, or you try to think of things to do to take the place of the something you’ve been trying to avoid doing. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

There are some ways to avoid having to do the transposition yourself, but learning to transpose can be very useful for performers, composers, and arrangers. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Even worse, it focused on the angle she most wanted to avoid—the fact that she had cracked Chinese codes. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Would they pay attention because I had something to back it up, or blow it off to avoid the paperwork? Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I threw on some clothes and snuck through the house to avoid waking Mom. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Mother avoids the subdivision as if it were a toxic waste dump. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

But she had to avoid the various flying beings who were still fighting in the air, and keep clear of the rising land below. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Some of their tactics became desperate, and their desperation made it easier for me to avoid the more obvious traps they set. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She did her best, she drove slowly, trying to avoid as many frogs as she could. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She had no compassion for my suffering, and I realized that she was avoiding me. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Half-bloods try not to use cell phones if we can avoid it, because broadcasting our voices is like sending up a flare to the monsters: Here I am! The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Later, I would make it my mission to show my dad I wasn’t avoiding the rides or scared of pools now or anything like that. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

In some towns police were authorized to disable passing cars with ropes, chains, wires, and even bullets, so long as they took reasonable care to avoid gunning down the drivers. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t avoid the question any longer, so I squared up to it. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

He decided to seek the help of the local kings in order to avoid past mistakes. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

But pain is pain, and I would rather avoid it. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Listen to me carefully. There are Chilargentine scythes aboard this train disguised as regular passengers. You can’t avoid them, but if you wish to remain out of their clutches, I suggest you come with me.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The war was clearly going badly for the French, and commentators were warning that the United States needed to avoid involvement. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

He spread them out on the ground near Mona, taking care to avoid the fire. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“All right, I’m sorry I called her a screech owl,” Norton said, trying to avoid the unavoidable. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Mostly I think we were busy avoiding each other. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I avoided making eye contact because I knew we’d both break up laughing. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Something about him said government—a species Dad had trained us to avoid. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I did nothing he taught me—I neither concealed myself nor blended in with others to avoid notice. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I avoided unit meetings for fear of being subjected to discipline. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked for the last time at his sons, but they avoided his gaze. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had avoided letting anyone at Chapel Hill High School know where I worked, specifically to keep that knowledge from falling into the hands of Trent and the Soulless Minions of Orthodoxy. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

If a tree is not available, then you should back off slowly, avoiding direct eye contact. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

They figured the natives had fled to avoid a fight. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

I think he avoids being alone with me. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

The next morning, Stuart started early, to avoid traffic. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

We took it easy and stopped a good deal, because I was taking care to avoid running into elil. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He resolved not to speak, for his voice was sure to give him away; yet he still avoided eye contact with Draco as the latter approached. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Soon they are bent almost double to avoid getting entangled in the thick canopy of branches overhead. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Most people, he noticed, were skirting him in the corridors, avoiding his eyes. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Not being killed in a car accident may be 99 percent certain, while 98 percent of us may avoid perishing in a household accident. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since those first weeks at school, I had done my best to avoid both Michael Froelich and his friend, Hamilton Knapp. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

For the last hundreds of miles I had avoided people. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He ducked inside quickly, eager to avoid socializing as much as he could. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

We had to jump over them, to avoid getting our ballet slippers wet. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Most of my life has been spent avoiding Erudite headquarters. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

In January, when he stopped working at his carrel in the library, he set up his desk there deliberately, partly because the room soothed him, and partly because it was a place Shoba avoided. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

He is close enough to hear diesel engines growl and horns blare whenever a train pulls out but far enough to avoid police who hover around the station looking for migrants. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Frank stepped back to avoid the stuff, but the stench nearly knocked him over. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

But we must avoid the European error; we must not suppose that, because the situation, the ways, the perceptions of black people so radically differed from those of whites, they were racially superior. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

She quickly pulled out her books and started reading, surely to avoid having to talk to me anymore. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

For the next few days, the guerrillas stuck to narrow jungle footpaths, moving at a steady jog to avoid any of the American or South Vietnamese patrols in the area. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t like a normal forward, who everyone knows is supposed to avoid the defense. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

For nearly a month I had tried to avoid her. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old man reached down and scratched Radar behind the ears, careful to avoid his bandage. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Here I will find what I need, if I have the strength to take what is offered, and the wisdom to avoid the traps and snares. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Standing in line all day brought on the very thoughts Milton wanted to avoid, of a clarinet imprint, like a ring of fire, on Tessie’s flushed thigh. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

So that Bobby wouldn’t think he was being psychoanalyzed, Fine avoided bringing the boy into his analysis room at first, instead inviting him to the home wing of the apartment. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

We worked silently, avoiding each other’s gaze like champions. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The treasure was now nothing but a painful memory, and he tried to avoid thinking about it. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Smith- ers avoided the open manhole, averting a nasty fall. bad/badly. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’s avoiding me, and she knows I’m probably waiting for her, which is why she still isn’t here. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

She was simply making a reasonable suggestion to avoid bloodshed. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Fairies of all conceivable varieties flitted about, exploring blossoms, gliding on the breeze, and acrobatically avoiding her brother. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Ordinarily Holmes looked at Mrs. Lawrence with a directness that was unsettling, but now he avoided her gaze. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Spurge shrieked and pranced desperately, trying to avoid wounds. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

He explained, stiffly and simply, that he was in kemmer and had been trying to avoid me, insofar as one of us could avoid the other. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

It avoided the clumps of nettles, and sidestepped known ditches and anthills. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He avoids my eyes and wraps the towel tight around me so none of my skin is showing and then steps away from me. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He had avoided the genetic predisposition many True Persians had toward using too much cologne. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

If you want to avoid the masculine but hate the clunky his or her alternative, don’t resort to the plural. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Obviously he still could not avoid relinquishing his waiting duties in the dining room, but otherwise the trolley enabled him to accomplish a surprising amount. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually, in an attempt to avoid his nightmares, he began to read, late at night, which was when his motionless body felt most restless, his mind agile and clear. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

By the spring of 1936 he was clearly miserable, and it is hard to avoid the conclusion that his exhausting schedule was the cause. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had to stop often to fight off laugh attacks, slapping at each other, avoiding each other’s eyes until we could control ourselves. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I have to flatten myself to my locker to avoid being trampled. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

So to avoid conflicts at home, she’d practiced here fifteen minutes before and after school and eventually during her half-hour lunch period. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

As he walked across the Ballroom he had to stoop quite a lot to avoid hitting the ceiling. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I keep inching left, to avoid Mrs. Spitz’s pointing fingers. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Charles knew that in order to avoid the criticisms being leveled at Vestiges, he would have to build up his argument even more, and gather more examples, more indisputable factual evidence. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It only felt like being spaghettified because the more we tried to avoid the pain, the more it stretched, twisted, and burned, trying to get our attention. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Whenever I was wearing my shirt, I avoided going by his stand. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Dustfinger must have guessed her thoughts and was avoiding her eyes. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

People were often so quick to avoid the honest answer to a question. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

We avoided them, because we meant to escape if we could and we didn’t want to get known. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Otto avoided the matter entirely by taking to the overhanging vegetation, but the reedy swamp trees weren’t nearly sturdy enough to carry my weight. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The monk kept his face turned away, avoiding looking into Nok's eyes. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Life is hard enough without having to avoid entire rooms in my own head. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The car dipped and bucked every few seconds as Dad kept slamming on the brakes to avoid potholes. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

It was exactly the kind of inquiry that had made me want to avoid my family. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

You’ll be a good boy or girl in the eyes of copy editors, and will have avoided a sibilant, which many readers find ugly. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

The twins were studiously avoiding my eye, Camilla bent over Bunny’s shirt, Charles with his back to me and his elbows on the sideboard, looking out the kitchen window. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She had to tread carefully and just avoid direct lies. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why had I gone to such lengths to avoid them? The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The initial rate of expansion also would have had to be chosen very precisely for the rate of expansion still to be so close to the critical rate needed to avoid recollapse. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

And now, because of all that’s happened, we avoid each other—worse, repel each other. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I say, deciding the best way to avoid answering her question is to ask a ruder one of my own. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I got off the path and walked carefully, minding my footstep on dried leaves in the forest to avoid making any sound. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

She could see the Assassin out of the corner of her eye, running beside her as they dodged through the throng, narrowly avoiding pull-carts and men rolling kegs across the wooden planks. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I turned around and began a clumsy run across the field in a line which avoided his house and aimed toward the road leading back into the town. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Here,” I said, avoiding the question as I held out the binoculars. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“You’d be surprised at the lengths people will go to avoid responsibility,” Wanda replied, and her voice was rough, but certain. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

More to avoid watching this irritating sight than anything else, Harry bent over the Half-Blood Prince’s book and turned a few pages with unnecessary force. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

She also stirred a sort of envy in him by telling him that during the Two Minutes Hate her great difficulty was to avoid bursting out laughing. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

As a commotion began building around us, Mother took my arm, and we moved fast, sometimes crouching to avoid attracting more attention. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fishermen all swiveled around to stare at Tali, and one of them—a man with a long, scraggly gray beard—said, “You’d be better off avoiding that place.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Then she would have known which streets to avoid; or where she could scrounge some food; or, best of all, which doors to knock on and find shelter. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

But publicity generated by the case alerted the world’s reinsurance industry to avoid North Korea, and fraud wound down. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

My mother had to make a wide turn onto the Old Highway, to avoid hitting a possum. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

When she is unable to avoid the matter further, she makes a pot of tea and begins to tackle the mountains of paper. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I learned to jump over the puddles and trash heaps and to avoid rot and mess, to keep my plastic sandals clean. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I avoided his kiss while he took the cloak from my shoulders and spread it on the grass for me. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Turner played hymn after hymn, repeating a few verses when she hummed to the chorus, taking care to avoid the ones that suggested the pleasures of leaving this weary world. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

I looked down at the chessboard to avoid any look Candy Man might have been giving. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He resettled in the United States in 1940, thereby avoiding any more serious consequences of challenging the totalitarian line. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

To avoid further confrontation I left the room. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She avoided the sun and used creams in elegant bottles, so that her complexion, already naturally light, became lighter, brighter, and took on a sheen. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“It is difficult for us to avoid, yes.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Guests at this hotel often insisted on carrying luggage to avoid tipping him. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

He had to hold on to the other chains with both hands to avoid getting flipped upside down. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

She didn’t want to acknowledge the truth because then it couldn’t be avoided, but the words escaped her anyway. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Fearing that they might spit at me, I avoid their eyes. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“At least one new family has built a hedge to avoid people seeing them as they pass by,” said Wade Green, seventy- two, who has summered here for years. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

We avoid looking at each other, these days. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

It reminded Chess of certain boys he tried to avoid at school, the ones who went around in packs, challenging other kids to fight. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Bess avoided me, refusing to speak when we were alone together; but when her mother was present, she was polite. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry was diligently avoiding contact with any of them; he was sure that, sooner or later, he would be asked again to account for Dumbledore’s last excursion from Hogwarts. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Even South Vietnam’s large army, which was supposed to patrol and protect these areas, avoided the enemy. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Then the mob of cheering Romans carried him around the Pomerian Line, carefully avoiding Terminus’s borders, and escorted him back home to Camp Jupiter. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I smiled and avoided looking at Jilly Baker, who probably thought I wouldn't be any good because I was colored. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Waitressing is also something I’d like to avoid, because I remember it leaving me bone-tired when I was eighteen, and I’m decades of varicosities and back pain beyond that now. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Is humanity too confident about its ability to avoid ecological disaster?” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

If Elsbeth and Rolf haven't moved into the master bedroom, then that means I have to go into a room I was hoping to avoid. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I would need his protection, for it was time to do something I had avoided ever since I had become the Ugly One. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Seabiscuit thwarted his efforts, ducking into the rail in the gaps between dogs, swerving out to avoid them, then cutting in again. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stuck to the borders, avoiding the carpet inlay. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

We dodged across the street holding hands, avoiding cars, people, and stray dogs sunning themselves on the sidewalk. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I usually avoid telling CFers because they make it a point to avoid me like the plague. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Ivy moved forward a bit more, inching here and there to avoid the gaping holes between planks of wood and broken furniture. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

At school, where every teacher was a potential spy, I tried to avoid an s sound whenever possible. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

When he’s home, he yells at the children or avoids them. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

In that way they would, if all went well, cut off a great loop of the Road, which further on bent southwards to avoid the Midgewater Marshes. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Our one goal was to avoid the transports, to stay here as long as possible. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He just slumps, and looks out the window, probably trying to avoid his own thoughts, too. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Brother Leon had stopped checking the totals on a daily basis, almost as if he anticipated the bad news the figures contained and wanted to avoid finding out about it definitely. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Remembering Amy’s advice, I walked right over and gave him a big hug, wrapping my skinny arms around his compact frame and taking care to avoid the prickly whiskers in his thick beard. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

In 1794, Washington had sent Chief Justice John Jay to London to negotiate a realistic bargain that avoided a war with England at a time when the United States was ill prepared to fight one. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

I made it my mission to avoid Selena as much as possible in the cafeteria, but it was like the fates conspired to bring us together in the worst possible place: Spanish class. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

As we walked, we examined the rope marks on our wrists and laughed about what had happened to avoid crying. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

She sounded as though she was trying to cram everything in as quickly as possible so I could avoid having something awful happen to me. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Anyone who avoids having children is a deserter who abandons the laws of national continuity.” Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

No matter that he’d resisted, no matter that he’d chosen this seat precisely to avoid this situation, here he was, staring at a slip of paper that contained the key to his hopes. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The boys were preoccupied with avoiding punishment at home. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

To avoid arguing with his father, he acquired the habit of silence and soon discovered it was far more comfortable. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But this time, instead of jumping backward to avoid contact, Reggie stepped forward, allowing the man s forearm, not knife, to make contact with Reggie’s side. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

They avoided the stone farmhouses on rock outcroppings by walking in irrigation ditches. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

The painful fact that the pictures belonged to Maurice could not be avoided. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

But Squealer counselled them to avoid rash actions and trust in Comrade Napoleon’s strategy. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

I started calling department chairmen to ask for another week, another ten days—‘more time to reach a decision’— to avoid the decision I would have to make. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It might send him into the ditch, he realized, but at least he’d avoid hitting the sedan square on. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

It was what had brought them to the war in the first place, nothing positive, no dreams of glory or honor, just to avoid the blush of dishonor. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even with her broken ankle, she could manage to avoid a giant silk finger trap. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Nico waved at Percy, then went back to his conversation, leaving Percy more sure than ever that Hazel’s brother was trying to avoid him. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He checked her texts—avoiding the row of fake ones she’d set to send out automatically—and her email. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I’m kind of hoping to avoid finding out for as long as humanly possible. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“Henry Winter,” said my friends when I pointed him out, at a distance, making a wide circle to avoid a group of bongo players on the lawn. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Again and again, he would counsel me to avoid politics. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

You needed to avoid shooting at noon, a time when light was “flat.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Below her feet was a tangle of vines and roots, and she had to be careful where she stepped if she wanted to avoid a turned ankle or wrenched knee. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I managed to avoid her, but slammed my shoulder hard into a protruding birch branch. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

These days I avoided the place, because the memories hurt. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I spoke softly, to avoid earning another acidic look from Mrs. Spektor. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“The brass stepped over it carefully, to avoid ruining the shine on their boots.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

From now on no more than two or three together are to go openly over the land, by day or night, when it can be avoided.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Boatwright’s dæmon fell to the floor and rolled over, and Boatwright was cringing back, trying to hold his dæmon, trying to avoid the deadly white teeth of the vixen. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I could ask questions without anyone else around and avoid my friends. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

At my line, I hang back, avoiding Tobias, who is busy picking on some unlucky sixth graders. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Middle-aged Lazy Larry is pacing around, avoiding work, and then goes out for a smoke. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I gather my things quickly, hoping to avoid talking to anyone, especially Hilly. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

And then the full force of what had just happened—what she had barely avoided— swept through her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

But Ruth didn’t get my point—or maybe she was deliberately avoiding it. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

So that’s how I knew what my husband had said to avoid his mother’s anger. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Milkman wiped his mouth, avoiding Guitar’s eyes because he knew the phosphorus was back in them. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ideas he found revolutionary, and he avoided them with suspicion and distaste. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

At first I avoided looking at the Mosses, and then I dared a sideways glance. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Archaeologists have traditionally avoided tropical forests, because the climate destroys all wood, cloth, and organic material—except for ceramics and stone, there is little left to dig up. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Flouting the rule against the ingestion of anything while inside a house, I take it, leaving an inch undrunk to avoid the awkwardness of a possible refill offer. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s an advantage for herons to avoid the dangers of migration. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

I slip the hands to safety, avoiding his eyes. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Fans her hand above the page to avoid smudging the letters. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

As more and more children become “lions,” it gets harder and harder for the remaining children to avoid getting captured. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He just kept praying that he could avoid the Station Inspector until his questions about the mechanical man had been answered. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

If they wanted to pass into the Mediterranean, they couldn’t avoid this meeting. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The keeplock officers, always eager to avoid extra work for themselves, were beating a hasty retreat down the center stairs. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t been aware of us avoiding the subject, but somehow, we’d never gotten around to it. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

She made her way up the tree, working carefully to avoid snagging her new dress. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

After many years of taking careful precautions to avoid pregnancy, I was now singularly dedicated to the opposite endeavor. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Ren wobbles on his board and spins out of control as he tries to avoid the wolf’s gaping mouth. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I took a sip of water to avoid Noah’s stare. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

What could he do to avoid bothering with the ashes? Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Dave Barry’s “Ask Mr. Language Person” satirized their typical advisory: writing tip for professionals: To make your writing more appealing to the reader, avoid “writing negatively.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

He kicked to avoid a floating patch of wildfire. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“If you sign this confession, we can avoid any more mortal-age unpleasantness.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He was looking at Harry, who avoided his eyes. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“I don’t see what the big deal is with the bird anyway,” Mena shouted while trying to avoid being dunked underwater by Lucas. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

The others around me stay a good distance away, apparently eager to avoid an awkward conversation. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Anything that impaired or deflected that central mission was to be avoided at all costs. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, as she fussed and fumed about my wicked desires, I kept my expression pleasant, the same as 1 did in the halls of Central High in order to avoid expulsion. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were pretty much avoiding talking about it. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“I believe that the men who endure the dangers of battle—fighting there for us tonight—are helping the entire world avoid far greater conflicts, far wider wars, far more destruction, than this one.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Those who choose to make such a statement usually do so to avoid cross-examination. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The way he avoided looking at me reminded me of Jesse at the end—the odd hesitation before each smile, the sudden silences that rose between us. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

We take a palace lift to avoid more courtiers. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

A cart loaded with grain rumbled down the center of the road, and I jumped aside to avoid being struck by it. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

With the threat of Russian submarines in the area, most ships would probably detour to avoid us. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

And they sang even stronger but the guards did not come in, for they had learned that there is no way to avoid the unavoidable. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had already made it to the top floor, and I joined in with the group cleaning out my family’s old flat, carefully avoiding Mr. Tatarka’s apartment. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Taken by surprise, he lost his balance and fell, remembered the trip wire, and tried to twist his body to avoid it. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

They provided precise ionization data, spelled out their theory on how positrons emitted by the bombarded atoms transmuted into gamma rays, and carefully avoided any speculation about the significance of the new phenomenon. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

One more who had avoided furious death was the son of Terpis, Phemios, the minstrel, singer by compulsion to the suitors. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her progress was almost completely noiseless; she chose her path where the earth was bare, or where grass grew, and she avoided dead leaves, which would rustle and crackle even under her small weight. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

A counselor supplied her with nicotine patches and advice, not always easy for her to follow: stay out of the house; stay busy; avoid stress; satisfy oral cravings with, say, candy. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

I hope I can avoid flinching if he presses on my palm. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He had to avoid the men, women, and children who were also running. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

Then I remembered it’s because I’ve been avoiding the topic of where you are now. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

To avoid trouble, he pretended to have met them inside. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Rabbits avoid close woodland, where the ground is shady, damp and grassless and they feel menaced by the undergrowth. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It hopped to a lower branch, and turned to avoid another crow, and I saw it was mottled brown, with reddish tail feathers. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

“Grandpa knows the places to avoid! You don’t even know what you’re dealing with. Besides, when Grandpa finds out, you’ll be stuck in the attic the rest of our stay.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Roz could feel her Survival Instincts—the part of her computer brain that made her want to avoid danger and take care of herself so she could continue functioning properly. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

So Valentina climbed higher to try to avoid the damp cloud that was creating the ice. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“I tried to speak with you at Herr Thiessen’s funeral, but you left before I could find you, and then you took the circus across the ocean. You’ve been avoiding me.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Matt avoided leaving the safe haven of Celia’s apartment for as long as possible. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most students avoided it anyway, and maybe the feeling of getting away from everyone else was another part of the appeal. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as Ota gave the signal, Raesa and Pol melted into the trees, moving as quietly as they could to avoid startling the deer. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think I have until tomorrow,” I said quietly to avoid waking Haskel. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

At the last moment, Brandon leaned away, barely avoiding Milo’s handlebars. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

My mother avoided the market, and my brothers stayed inside on even the sunniest days. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The whimpering Scot crept toward the cockpit, keeping low to the floor of the aircraft to avoid having to look out. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

It had crossed the dirt path and avoided the feet of those watching the rescue efforts, draping over the cliff. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

The odds of avoiding arrest and successfully crossing to China seem to change from season to season. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“Follow me. We have to take a circuitous route to my office. That way we can avoid all the cameras.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

The city fathers were used to more circumspect criticisms—when criticism could not be entirely avoided. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was the way he looked at me—and avoided looking at me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Move to avoid the cut, and you will still die, but your dying will be uglier. Stretch out your neck, my lord.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I give Amma a questioning look, but she avoids my eyes. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

As a practice, I prefer to avoid abbreviations and to write out numbers, as opposed to using numerals. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

They hugged one another at each hello or good-bye, but since they knew I didn’t like to be touched, they avoided me. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Tobias turns me around and, keeping one hand on my arm and one on my waist, to avoid my shoulder wound, presses me toward the staircase. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

On Wednesday at school she did her best to avoid James. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Even if she wants you to stay away. Marcus knows she’s avoiding us. It’s only a matter of time before he decides to attack.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I hated those pills, so much that I tried to avoid taking them. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Zeitoun had been on the bridge with the captain for an hour at that point, watching him pilot the ship through the many islands, avoiding high shelves and sandbars, other ships and countless unseen dangers. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Leo jumped away, barely avoiding an acid bath. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Whatever vague plan I had conceived regarding returning to my pond is wiped from my mind as I zigzag and dive and leap to avoid the fireballs. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Instinctively, my hands fold like I’m praying, and then I extend my arms forward, cutting through the splendor as it diverts in either direction, barely avoiding me on either side. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Hazel calmed her nerves, trying to avoid pulling more gold from the ground. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

To a man in his prime such as Eratosthenes, there would have been no reason to avoid spending his time under the open sky. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

This time, I remember to take off my belt before I walk through the metal detector at the airport, so I avoid the humiliation of a second strip search from Officer Nut-grabber. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Mariya was a hardened combat pilot and knew how to avoid the antiaircraft searchlight beams. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

But the main reason he avoided these streets was that he felt they held nothing for him. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Wizards avoided Augurey nests for fear of hearing that heart-rending sound, and more than one wizard is believed to have suffered a heart attack on passing a thicket and hearing an unseen Augurey wail. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two of them were speaking quickly to each other, their gaze darting around the room at the neighbors, who avoided or ignored them. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

She stared intently at her marshmallow, holding it outside the lower flames to avoid blackening it. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

As a child, Turner had once tried to persuade himself that preventing his mother’s sudden death by avoiding the pavement cracks outside his school playground was a nonsense. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Uncle Phil’s voice roars to life in my head, spewing the words he uses to avoid cussing in front of me. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Maryvale was an oasis that kept me from the truth, a comfortable place where I could avoid making a tough decision. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“I do not know whether this is arguing as if one side were true & the other false, which I meant to avoid, but I think not.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She did that sometimes, to avoid all the traffic in the parking lot when school let out. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Hermione, who remained convinced that she had acted for the best, started avoiding the common room. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I had to take my finger off the trigger to avoid firing off a shot, afraid the flash of the muzzle would alert Grigori to my location. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Or any of the emotions that we people would rather avoid, they sometimes try to chase those feelings away with the wrong things. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Brian tried to steer, using the paddle to swing the stern to the left and right, trying to avoid the boulders, but it was no use. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

I avoid it by asking him to meet somewhere in between. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Her dad’s quiet like me and avoids eye contact during the meal. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the creature rolled, these arms folded and maneuvered to avoid being crushed. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Elias is resourceful —he might still find a way to avoid death. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Mostly she avoided them and everyone else, hiding when she could, scurrying along hidden, secret paths around the village, her head down and shoulders hunched. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is the way we avoid hurting people's feelings. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was no real consequence to avoiding the risk. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

He managed to swivel sideways to avoid breaking his legs on impact. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I take slow sips and look around Uncle Carlos’s desk to avoid the curious eyes of the officers. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

For some reason she couldn’t name, she avoided brushing against the stone. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

It felt like Margo was just rambling to avoid the question at hand. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I stick close to the Mercury Homes, avoiding the searchlights. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I thought that by a more restrained and moderate use of the voice and a diligent way of speaking I could both avoid the danger and acquire more variety in my style. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

She hadn’t technically lied to the girl, but she’d certainly been avoiding this conversation. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Hooper walked on, stepping past him with elaborate care, avoiding even the touching of clothes. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

She took a different route, too, maybe to avoid running into James as much as to avoid those men if they were to come back. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

They hurried through the groups of people while avoiding the barking dogs. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

Friendships were suspicious, we knew it, we avoided each other during the mealtime line-ups in the cafeteria and in the halls between classes. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even at school I used to avoid eating at a crowded table. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I paused, avoiding eye contact with my father. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

They poked about for a while, avoiding tour groups and ducking from one patch of shade to the next. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“Benny knew,” Isa said, avoiding Mrs. Castleman’s eyes as she twisted the pen around the string that attached it to the clipboard. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Eric watched the scurrying woodlice that were so frantically unable to avoid the flames, and thought of the first fire just down there, on the steeper side of the mountain, where now was complete darkness. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Knowledge of a truth they could no longer avoid. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I climb the narrow stairway back to my classroom, trying to avoid getting jostled. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I knew I should grin and say, “Why no—it’s just nature,” or some other disarming remark to avoid provoking him. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was taught about demolition and mortar-firing and I learned how to make small bombs and mines — and how to avoid them. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew I wasn’t the only athlete who wanted to avoid the press. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He avoided my eyes as he passed me the cleats, rummaged through his bag, and pulled out another pair of cleats for himself. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

If a store tried to pull the sales stunt too often, these are the people who would figure it out and complain to management and tell their friends and acquaintances to avoid the store. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said “the so-called moderate” civil rights organizations avoided him as “too militant” and the “so-called militants” avoided him as “too moderate.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the past couple of years I’d avoided climbing those stairs, afraid of running into his wasted mother or her wasting absence in equal doses. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

This was the face I had fled to Gross-Rosen to avoid. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

And if she hadn’t seen the Master tipping that powder into the wine, she might have risked the Steward’s anger, or hoped to avoid being noticed in the busy corridor. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

A cow also knows there are things in the pasture to avoid, plants that will make her sick. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“The chances of bumping into Conner are slim, especially if we figure out where he hangs and then avoid him.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

So I should be able to avoid it by heading south a ways, letting it pass me to the north, then heading east again. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas quickly stepped behind a taller boy to avoid his own confrontation with Ben. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He must avoid la migra, which sometimes shows up at the station in unmarked cars. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Mr. A. H— storms through the front hall, somehow avoiding tripping over Poppet and Widget, who are sprawled on the floor teaching Bootes and Pavo how to turn circles on their hind legs. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Perhaps tomorrow someone will invent a theory consistent with everything else we know that circumvents paradoxes on such matters as simultaneity, avoids privileged reference frames and still permits travel faster than light. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you’re this weak, Ma tells him, avoid her, avoid the danger. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Even at home, where I am less pleasant, I avoid discussing tricky topics. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Hung out with friends, avoided my parents. Stuff. All of it very exciting. I miss it.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

There were giant patties of dung on the ground, with huge maggots writhing and burrowing in them, but Thor avoided all of them. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

I, on the other hand, apparently went over like a felled ox and was lucky to land on the grass and avoid cracking my head open. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

When they cannot do this, they must try with every effort to avoid the hatred of the most powerful group. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

I looked around, and everyone tried to avoid eye contact with my mom. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“She will win. Do not try to avoid the fact that she is a stronger player than yours and always has been.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I had two scruples of nahlrout numbing me, and I knew better than to mix anesthetics if I could avoid it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But she knew Michael’s route had been carefully plotted to avoid guns and airfields, and that their most dangerous moment had probably been when they crossed the shipping convoy. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“Can we focus, please? I would like to avoid having to break you out of prison,” I say. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I avoided her eyes as I waited for her to speak. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She fears that it goes away. See, there’s a difference. It’s the fear she’s trying to avoid.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I moved carefully, avoiding blows, although not too many to attract attention, fighting from group to group. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She went out of her way to avoid walking past bookstores that might tempt her to stop and browse. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Whenever she heard his door opening, she tried to ran to her room to avoid him. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was now plain that we would not attempt to use legal niceties to avoid accepting responsibility for actions we had taken with pride and premeditation. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over the past few weeks, I’ve walked out of my way so many times to avoid that house. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

She had had her first love affair when she was sixteen, with a Party member of sixty who later committed suicide to avoid arrest. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Not that it made any difference to Gregor; it was just one more way he could avoid insulting the bugs. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

We can forget about it much of the time, or think of it as an accident to be avoided, somehow. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

No. Instead, I avoided her for as long as I could. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

And—what is especially relevant here—they avoid fighting even in self-defense. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I cannot avoid seeing, now, the small tattoo on my ankle. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the way to Dr. Guarino’s office they avoid speaking to each other. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

In order to avoid scaring them, I walked back to the path and headed toward them. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Then I remembered Papá telling us to avoid owing anybody anything, including favors. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

But the most salient historical fact cannot be avoided: No one stepped forward to call their bluff. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Though there were plenty of flies and mosquitoes, I had a chance of avoiding ants and snakes and leeches. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t get mad. Last night I went outside to the outhouse. Then I—” He avoided looking at Nali. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I laughed and pushed his chest, avoiding an answer. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t sure whether I remembered that because it was true or because I wanted to avoid any kind of confrontation with Weylin. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

And the passion with which we loved the Lord was a measure of how deeply we feared and distrusted and, in the end, hated almost all strangers, always, and avoided and despised ourselves. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

It was there in his light eyes, the way they angled down and avoided roundness just slightly. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

By arriving as late as he did, he avoided the stares of other shoppers. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

This feature makes the politics of responsibility particularly tempting, as it appears the system can be avoided with good behavior. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Moss’s mother told him to avoid that corner at all costs, but no one was hanging around that afternoon. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The halls were crowded, and there was always jostling and shoving by the staircase, so I wasn’t positive he could have avoided it. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I stayed in my seat until everyone had gone, pretending the zipper on my coat was stuck so I could avoid looking anyone in the eye. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

So to avoid the problem of absence, Prince Humperdinck built the Zoo of Death. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Tom, who believed that a lawman could usually “avoid killing if you didn’t lose your head,” later told a writer that he had heated discussions with this Ranger. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

During these visits, we brought with us brooms so that we could sweep away our footprints as we went back to our hiding place to avoid being followed. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

What he had learned from all his experience of fighting was that nearly always there are those who want to fight and those who do not but feel they cannot avoid it. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though the elevator would save me time, I sneak to the back stairs to avoid curious eyes through the elevator’s open glass. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I could have moved—she looked so burrowed into her own little world—but I was sick of us avoiding each other all week after the party. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Joaquin just grins and tries to avoid getting accidentally punched by Maya’s victory fists as Grace groans and covers her face with her hands. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Dorian was dancing with a small brunette with outrageously large breasts that he took no pains to avoid glancing at every so often. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I had been avoiding Mr. Ali the past few days, feeling like he had betrayed me. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“But until we figure it out, I suggest we all try to avoid getting captured.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

But when such an alliance cannot be avoided, as happened to the Florentines when the Pope and Spain went with their armies to attack Lombardy, then a prince should join for the reasons given above. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

As he dare not change to man’s form without suspicion—which he evidently wishes to avoid—he must remain in the box. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

He can no longer avoid the overflowing slop bucket. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe we both felt there was something dangerous about bringing up the old days, because for ages we avoided any mention of them. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom avoids eye contact and finds a place a few seats down from a family taking up most of a row. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

They were to be avoided at all costs. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

After such gatherings, my peers and I—all the children between the ages of six and twelve—would brainstorm several possible answers that would avoid the death of one of our parents. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He grimaces and frowns, ducking to avoid her blows. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

There was going to be a lot of fallout from the party at Horn Rock, and I wanted to avoid it all, so I laced up my shoes and went for a run. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Olena came at me and just as before, I used the same action to score, ducking to avoid her blade, leaving Olena unable to get her light on. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He stepped aside and I shot the car across the line to avoid the men and stayed there on the wrong side as I headed for the Golden Day. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

This way we would be safe and avoid causing chaos. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

She had always got along with Ifemelu’s mother, the easy relationship between two people who carefully avoided conversations of any depth. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

My eyes cloud up, and I have to lean my head back for a few seconds to avoid letting the tears slip out. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

She didn’t blame Brandon for trying so hard to avoid Milo. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I learned that sagacity and quick wits are necessary in avoiding dangerous situations; and that fatuity and shortsightedness make one go around in circles, seemingly unaware of the many opportunities for escape. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Expecting the worst, she held her head high to avoid meeting the gaze of other shoppers, but no one commented, and if anyone stared at me, she didn’t notice. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“Anyway. I walked past Kool Koffee, which I have avoided forever because you know I don’t find cutesy spellings cute, and she stepped outside to throw away some trash and I became trash for her.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

They drove on the back roads to avoid the chaos of refugees. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Like a child, I avoid stepping on the cracks. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

She picked up a chunk of bread, but like Kaede, she avoided the wine. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Where I usually walked with my head down, trying to avoid being seen, today I walked with my head up, looking around. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I avoid telling the truth, but avoid lying too. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Then he avoided the tender subject altogether, wrote philosophical notes to Jo, turned studious, and gave out that he was going to ‘dig’, intending to graduate in a blaze of glory. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was trying her hardest to avoid looking at Valley and avoid breaking the spell of whatever had kept them from going at each other’s throats that morning. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Look, I don’t want to avoid the issue,” he said. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I reached for the handle, I turned to see if Connor might be following me, but he was still seated, avoiding the stern glare of his father. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I kept my head down to avoid making eye contact with the stream of sullen university students filing past me. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

"Elias—" Helene nearly flings herself off the ledge trying to avoid an arrow, grabbing on to my arm. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

We walked so many times on the same gravel road that I could close my eyes and still avoid all the big rocks on the road. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

She refused to back down, and Henry did, in fact, leave Seneca Falls during the meeting to avoid any association with what he considered an outrageous idea. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

I tried to avoid looking at the faces surrounding me; I could not bear the expression of fear and anguish written on them, as they realised that yes, I was leaving. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knows when the trail dips, when it rises, how to avoid branches, rocks, leap over boulders. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Small price to pay to avoid getting the switch. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

They were avoiding the topic with a deliberate unconcern; he must be somewhere now, I thought, doing something, what I didn’t want to ask. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Since Megan went missing I’ve avoided walking this way whenever possible—it gives me the creeps passing that house—but to get to the cafe it’s the only route. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Forty men from Company E crawled on their stomachs up the rocky slope that was almost vertical at the top, avoiding any trails for fear they were mined. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the presence of such dangers, avoided with such skill but with difficulty, it seems to us impossible not to fear some sort of catastrophe in the future. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was trying so hard to avoid brushing her arm he could barely cut his chicken. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The figure vanished silently between two cabins—some slave, probably as eager as I was to avoid being caught out at night. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

And whoever he appointed as his spokesman couldn’t avoid a lot of press focus. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The parents of the beautiful children were frightened of the curse, and tried, as people will do, to avoid it. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

My concern was to see which way the Marshalls would go so that I could avoid a head-on encounter. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Poor Mr. Legrand. People going out of their way to avoid his acquaintance.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

To avoid tiring themselves, the Boss decided they should make a brief halt every fifteen minutes. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

And the only way to avoid the possibility would be to throw the competition; to perform so poorly between now and the final conclave that they had no choice but to grant scythehood to Citra. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Lockhart gulped and dived under his own desk, narrowly avoiding being squashed by Neville, who fell a second later as the chandelier gave way. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Though Otto and Sheed knew him well—and knew to avoid him—they couldn’t have placed him as Mr. Flux’s double before. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Hannah Song was frustrated that Shin sometimes avoided responsibility, expected special treatment, and made little effort to learn English, which limited his usefulness as a spokesman in the United States. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Less chance of running across Ross Wilcox's lot if I avoided the mouth of Wellington Gardens, I thought. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I stopped going to lunch for about a week, though, to make the transition easier, to avoid the fake Oh, shoot, there’s no room for you at the table, Olivia! Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“You need the hospital wing. There may be a certain amount of scarring, but if you take dittany immediately we might avoid even that...Come...” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

To avoid disturbing him, they tried to maintain quiet and to limit the number of people in the room to two or three. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I avoid wading in it and stick to its stony edge. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the disastrous events of the night of July 31, 1943, Yevdokia thought hard about how to avoid the tragedy being repeated. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Ever since the first few weeks of school, when I could not avoid Knapp and his friends, I did my best to ignore them. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ivy didn’t know if that was because of June or herself, but she pretty much avoided June, spending her lunch time in the library. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He must examine the reasons for their victories and for their defeats, in order to avoid the latter and to imitate the former. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

There were slick spots here and there on the floor that the Helpers hadn’t mopped up yet, and Kate nimbly avoided these, trying not to think about them. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He thinks about Henry, and something twists in his chest, like a stretch he’s been avoiding for too long. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I say a quick good-bye to Soojin and walk to my bus, turning my head to avoid Bradley as he rushes by to catch his. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Roger edged past the chief, only just avoiding pushing him with his shoulder. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Coasting through the school door, weaving and winding across the pavement, riding the asphalt wave, avoiding the bus waiters and the pickup parents. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Yet Ames stayed under the radar, avoiding serious trouble with his employer. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I crawled rapidly around the floor, picking up the coins, trying to avoid the coppers and to get greenbacks and the gold. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He reiterated his insistence that in Chicago “simplicity and reserve will be practiced and petty effects and frippery avoided.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

She could avoid Stephanie like the plague and go about her life as leader of the New Crew, a little tainted until she hosted a few more parties and all was forgotten. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

I crossed to the opposite side of the street to avoid them. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Avoiding bitter foods is a good way to avoid these toxins. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

We would probably have gone on and discussed the war and agreed that it was in reality a calamity for civilization, and perhaps would have been better avoided. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

In the days that followed, we were repeatedly warned that nothing mattered more than avoiding any activity that would get us expelled. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I avoided Imre until the problem of my second term’s tuition forced me back across the river. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

And finally, slowly, ever so slowly, Stella tiptoed across the floor, carefully avoiding the floorboard that she knew would creak. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Ran off to Mexico to avoid his pregnant girlfriend and ended up in Germany. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

The word itself means nothing; Luce made it up to avoid any etymological associations. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Coolidge had no interest in hearing suggestions that might have avoided such a strike or putting plans in place to patrol the city should it be without police protection. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

I use my real last name, pausing a moment as I think of the lengths to which Papa went to avoid it. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The article avoided making any reference to actual readings, for they had none to report. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

She thought of a texturizer to loosen her hair’s springy coils, stretch out the kinkiness a little, but a texturizer was really a relaxer, only milder, and she would still have to avoid the rain. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Still, in an effort to avoid suspicion, the White Sox made it close, and in the end lost the series five games to four. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Proceeding cautiously, Kyril Montana advanced through underbrush and dead leaves, automatically avoiding twigs and small branches that cracked underfoot. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Roberto had to slow down the Carcachita to a crawl to avoid hitting them, and to dodge the deep potholes in the dirt path that circled the front of the barracks. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“They are purposely avoiding one another. Wait and see. There is some deep reason behind it, and we’ll find what it is, soon. Keep watch. Something is sure to happen any day now.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Joey was right, and I realized then that I was still just making excuses to avoid dealing with my out-of-control Megan thing. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The thing she’d tried to avoid turned out to be a bush—a bush that saved her life and those of her crew. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The doom of her words dragged me down, anchored me in misery at the knowledge that I could have avoided what was coming. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He avoids her at every turn, and is difficult to spot in the crowd since he is dressed identically to the rest of the staff. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Conversation was my way of avoiding expression; my words were reserved for those times when I sat down alone to write. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Does he want to avoid seeing me cry? Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

The staff members avoided us all the more. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He attempted to avoid it and instead found himself driving through what appeared to be a red-light district in an industrial park. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

“Hagrid!” cried Hermione, leaping up, hurrying around the table the long way to avoid the barrel of maggots, and putting an arm around his shaking shoulders. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

She’s running late today, or maybe she’s started going to work later so that she can avoid me in the mornings. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Kaede avoided them, for the fumes alone made her eyes water. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

But not all, for Tehlu spoke truly when he said that punishment cannot be avoided. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The secretary kept to the side of the room, avoiding the Oriental rug that might cushion the thump of her purple-striped crutch, as she made her way to the end of the table. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

For whatever reason, many of us avoid it. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t told her I was coming, hoping that, if no one knew, I might avoid Shawn. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The tent was coming down about his head; he stepped outside to avoid the collapse. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel tried to avoid eye contact, but she caught Octavian at the head of the First Cohort smirking at her, looking smug in his plumed centurion’s helmet with a dozen medals pinned on his chest. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Who among us would not be tempted to lie if it was the only way to avoid a forty-year sentence for a minor drug crime? The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

At least from the outside, it seemed he was grasping for an option that avoided the risk of a longer sentence, and the lifelong stigma of conviction. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He avoided commitment and strong feelings, and shied away from decisions. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He seemed to deliberately avoid looking at Jonathan or the boy. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

We walked around through the arcade to avoid the heat of the square. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

You avoided them if you could and stood up to them if you had to. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The two oncoming cars tried to avoid it—and failed. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

She wanted to run out of the morgue and back to the lab, but instead, she stared at Henrietta’s arms and legs—anything to avoid looking into her lifeless eyes. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

As the other two walked past me, I avoided eye contact by putting my head down. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The key, she thought, was to avoid conflagration. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Mainly to avoid all the staring eyes, Harry looked upward and saw a velvety black ceiling dotted with stars. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

The happening no sixth grader could avoid, unless her parents forbade her to go. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Now it is she who avoids my gaze. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

The ship had come and his father had appeared like a wraith on the boardwalks and it was only dumb luck that allowed Nailer to avoid the man. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

This strategy would avoid a mad dash on their territory, though whites could then attempt to buy allotments from tribe members. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

She grips the steering wheel and avoids my eyes. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

He avoids the term ‘atoms’ because the ancient atomists had insisted that atoms were not divisible and that the space between them was empty. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

This is one of the prime examples of the need to avoid acting on the basis of common sense if you want to know how the world works. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

The fact that I was dealing with Jews brought the whole question of color, which I had been desperately avoiding, into the terrified center of my mind. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

He said that the quick decipherment enabled him “to avoid the systematic errors which invariably arise from prolonged reflection.” Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

And, above all, I wanted to avoid trouble, for I feared that if I clashed with whites I would lose control of my emotions and spill out words that would be my sentence of death. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Hoover met with White, his grip on power remained tenuous, and he was suddenly confronting the one thing that he’d done everything to avoid since becoming director: a scandal. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Jordan Baker instinctively avoided clever shrewd men and now I saw that this was because she felt safer on a plane where any divergence from a code would be thought impossible. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

“This is...not the moment to discuss it,” said Lupin, avoiding everybody’s eyes as he looked around distractedly. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The gnats and mosquitoes which avoid the sun came out and buzzed over the water. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Men on errands had to step dainty to avoid being spattered. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He wished he could avoid this clock, but he knew he couldn’t skip any of them. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

I have a memory of ducking down to avoid a blow, raising mv hands. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

But they have little agility, tending to sloth when they reach full growth, and most Tasmanian herdsmen have learned with ease to avoid them. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He hated it; but he never learned to avoid it. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Was he in hiding, desperate to avoid this disaster? Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

They walked deeper into the neighborhood, avoiding the puddles of dirty water that overflowed from the gutters and dodging the piles of garbage in which cats were digging like silent shadows. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had to go out of our way to avoid passing Mom again. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

She could not but hear; she could not avoid answering, Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

I turned the lock and jumped back in time to avoid the door slamming into me. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

She squeezed between the trunks of two mesquite trees in an attempt to avoid going around. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The gray smoke hung low and seemed to thicken as I walked with my head down and eyes closed, trying to avoid the fumes. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

To avoid future misunderstandings, however, CBS programs would no longer use “a simulated news broadcast within a dramatization” that could confuse listeners. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

To avoid the woman she had to tiptoe down the hall like a mouse trying to escape the hungriest of cats. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

There were sentries out this way too, but Arya had no trouble avoiding them. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I climb out to the bowsprit in the middle of the night, avoiding the crewmen on watch. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I get out of the car, lock the door, and head for the office, avoiding the half-feathered carcass of a bird. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

One reason Webster avoided the question is its scope. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

If the world is to be understood, if we are to avoid such logical paradoxes when traveling at high speeds, there are some rules, commandments of Nature, that must be obeyed. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Where had I put the map that Teresita’s husband had given us, warning us of places to avoid? Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I quit church and avoided my deeply religious godparents. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first they avoided each other during school hours, but by October they grew careless about their friendship. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Me and Leah and a couple of other girls had plans to go to the fair tonight, but they’ve been avoiding me lately.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He walked through the park, careful to avoid the two policemen. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would cringe and flinch, if they stepped near him or made any sudden movement, and he avoided the touch of their elven-cloaks; but he was friendly, and indeed pitifully anxious to please. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

To avoid journalists, Bobby checked in under the name of Brown. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

They avoided the people and places that didn’t want them. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Madam Hooch’s whistle rang out and Harry, Fred, and George dived for the ground, still trying to avoid the mad Bludger. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

He must be disguised to avoid encounters with thieves. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first was to take his advice: to be smart, to avoid him as much as possible. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Pedestrians avoid Bruno, shielding their faces with their black umbrellas, stepping out of the way when he stops to shake the raindrops from his fur. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Hard to imagine that I used to love this attention. Now I’d avoid it entirely if I could.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Dr. Trefusis and I huddled side by side, our eyes fixed upon points in the darkness, that we might avoid any accidental glimpse of our captain’s features. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Full of fresh determination, he urged his broom through the turbulent air, staring in every direction for the Snitch, avoiding a Bludger, ducking beneath Diggory, who was streaking in the opposite direction.... Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Two had seen him and avoided him, thinking he was drunk or crazy or both. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was the face I had avoided so often at Bergen-Belsen. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

These Bear avoided, but I could see that he was tiring. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

“All your fife you’ve lied, manipulated people, and tried to avoid consequences,” she said. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I’ve spent so much of my life trying to avoid Amá because we always end up arguing over stupid, petty things. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Neither the Brotherhood nor the book was a subject that any ordinary Party member would mention if there was a way of avoiding it. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I spend the rest of the day lying low and avoiding Ainsley. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it wasn’t me that Ucho avoided, but the Handsome One. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

I get the feeling he’s trying to avoid them. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Even in ancient days they were, as a rule, shy of ‘the Big Folk’, as they call us, and now they avoid us with dismay and are becoming hard to find. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I ducked down quickly to avoid a hard white object that came whizzing through the air. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We sit in the kitchen, avoiding the dust mop of the woman, waiting for Cordelia to come down to play. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Bentley had chosen New Haven over the much larger FBI office near her home in New York City, betting that she could avoid being followed by Russian agents. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Doha slowed down and tried to avoid their attention. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Generally speaking, writers avoid using the word genocide in history and textbooks about North America and the United States. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

I felt awkward and guilty about avoiding him, as though every sorrow in my universe had spilled out of his pen, and that he was to blame for everything. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Once I lived in fear, sneaking from place to place, avoiding schoolwork at all costs. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kept my hand extended in front of me to avoid stumbling into anything. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He finished it and hurried to the latrine, holding his nose to avoid the stench. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Tess helps me wrap both of my hands in cloth before I go to avoid leaving fingerprints anywhere. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I saw that his delicacy was avoiding the right word, so I said, “A clerk.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

When Enrique lands an extra shirt or a tip about where to avoid the police, he shares. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

So I now have one mission in life: avoid my parents. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Poillon, concerned that Berkeley’s broad patent claims might provoke a messy interinstitutional fight, pleaded with Lawrence to narrow his claims to avoid controversy. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Agreeing to spend a whole year alone in Southeast Alaska had been his only way of avoiding a jail cell in Minneapolis. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

They stowed most of their gear in a collapsed building far from the center, a crumbling place that even truant uglies would probably avoid, packing only water purifiers, a flashlight, and a few food packets. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Lightly, the asura felt around her own head, careful to avoid touching it with her deadly hand. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

And he sure didn’t want to do that again if there was any possible way to avoid it. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He kept changing his grip on the shovel to try to avoid the pain. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

"A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble." Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I ended up across the room, sitting with three new girls, and we all avoided looking at each other for a few minutes. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Maybe he was dissimulating, like some of the teachers at the college, who, to avoid trouble when driving through the small surrounding towns, wore chauffeur caps and pretended that their cars belonged to white men. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I consent to that second point to avoid further argument. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

She avoided Greenwich Village, she said, because there, instead of painting, she would be spending all her time in bars and coffee shops. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Booth’s skill at avoiding the manhunters increased the government’s embarrassment over its failure to find him. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

How can you avoid muddying it up when you put it into words? Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although Mary Miller tried to explain that I would never live with my mother again, she had avoided telling me that I would never see her either. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The floor began to slope sharply, and Gregor found himself backpedaling to avoid stepping on the roach leader. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Subjects had to collect flags while avoiding and destroying enemy tanks. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Colette tried to avoid our lesson this morning by complaining of a mysterious illness,” tattled Jeannine. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the lack of fear, he knew he could say anything he wanted to, whereas before he had picked over his words to avoid trouble. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He took a sip of his beer, focusing on the black bottle and avoiding Cora’s eyes. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“Gentlemen who had been present at the formation of this Constitution”—Baldwin himself had been one such gentleman—could not avoid the recollection of the pain and difficulty which the subject caused in that body.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

I was concentrating on avoiding the large mud puddles left behind after the strong morning storm. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

All of these things are possible: we’ve both reached that borderline age, that buffer zone in which it can still be believed such tricks will work if you avoid bright sunlight. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I dont think he wanted it; I can even imagine him trying to avoid it, refuse it. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead I wanted to review and memorize all the rules so I could obey them and avoid confrontations, because I didn't want to be carted away forever or killed like Mr. Harvey. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

At basketball practice, though, he couldn’t avoid me anymore. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Tyrion managed to avoid retching his way through all of this, chiefly thanks to the lack of wine. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

People avoided the shops by the river and came up to our end of High Street, where the air smelled cleaner. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry, isn’t Black Protocol the thing we want to avoid at all costs?” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I eased the door shut to avoid waking the others and twisted the lock. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The classic manuals, written by starchy Englishmen and rock- ribbed Yankees, try to take all the fun out of writing, grimly adjuring the writer to avoid offbeat words, figures of speech, and playful alliteration. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

A chronic fear of being slighted made him avoid his equals, made him stand, where his inferiors were concerned, self-consciously on his dignity. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still Ambrose continued to seek me out, like a dog too stupid to avoid a porcupine. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

There was no way around it, no way to avoid it. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Finally, an awareness of syntax can help you avoid ambiguous, confusing, and convoluted sentences. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

I try to avoid public restrooms except in emergencies, but if I do need to go, I disinfect the toilet seat. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn't help thinking if she'd still been staying with us in California, the accident would have been avoided. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

And so she just avoided the whole thing altogether. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

The object in America is to avoid contact, to treat all as foes unless they're known to be friends. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hull even had an office on campus, a place Moss had strenuously tried to avoid in his time at West Oakland High. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I ask that you avoid leaving this house without my company. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I spent the game near enough to the ball to not get done for malingering, but far enough to avoid having to touch it. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Kids were running around screaming, trying to avoid the sizzling craters in the floor. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Until now, I have mostly avoided watching the news; it’s always so manipulative. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I turned around to avoid seeing the look on my mother's face. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

"Do you—does this mean—?" I looked to Dr. Bright for an explanation, but he avoided my gaze. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

From that day on, she took a route to the museum that avoided the Anderson home. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The only tricky part was doing this in an unobtrusive way, so as to avoid attracting Muggle attention. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Most kids wanted to avoid detention, so to them, fifty cents was an even trade for my silence. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

And I don't want to take the long way around if I can avoid it. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

My stepfather’s final admonition to me went unheeded as I absolved myself of all responsibility and stayed out of the house as much as possible, thus avoiding the emotional impact of watching Mommy suffer. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She dreamed of black shapes that slid from place to place, avoiding the light, until they were all gathered together under the moon. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

They had each avoided one another, locked themselves away. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I can do this two-job thing, is my theory, if I can drink enough caffeine and avoid getting distracted by George’s ever more obvious suffering. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

If we ran through that space fast enough, maybe we could avoid the crocodiles. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Part of me wants to avoid going in and facing even more sad news. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

A particularly brutal wind swept through and the Vanderbeekers didn’t bother turning their backs to avoid the sting on their cheeks. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He went with slow, reluctant steps up the slope to the mausoleum, avoiding the still-damp blood, and opened the door. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Doctor Nolan had said, quite bluntly, that a lot of people would treat me gingerly, or even avoid me, like a leper with a warning bell. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Why would she take his children?—and all the while, the giant lizard on the screen he’s trying to avoid is my one question: Why didn’t you come with us? Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Those that pass by him close enough to hear look at him strangely and make an effort to avoid him. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I recognized some of the people from the shuttle bus and tried to avoid eye contact. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“Hard to avoid students who hate us,” I blurt. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She never overlooked him or avoided him like most people did. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I do what I’m told and make an effort to avoid her. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

For the rest of that day my grandfather and I avoided each other. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

This time, though, I don’t have to avoid her eyes. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The stallion was able to avoid the loose stones and fallen branches that lay across the winding path, even without Taran’s hands on the reins. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

A wise prince has always avoided these soldiers and has turned to his own troops. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

In many respects, the reality of mass incarceration is easier to avoid knowing than the injustices and sufferings associated with slavery or Jim Crow. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

More than this, in order to avoid going deep into the forest the boys worked near at hand on any fallen wood no matter how tangled with new growth. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Though I had avoided talking about it, my mind went to the long chain from manure to grass to cow to grubs to chicken to eggs. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Laertes fell against a pile of boxes to avoid colliding with him. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I ducked back into the lab and, trying hard to avoid looking at the body on the table, opened the cabinet doors under the counter instead. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

When the meal is over, Taft and Will duck into the living room to avoid helping with the cleanup. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

And yet, all the time, I think we must have had an idea of how precarious the foundations of our fantasy were, because we always avoided any confrontation. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He needed someone to talk to so as to avoid thinking about the possibility of war. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here’s another comer you can avoid backing yourself into: Jordan was one of the best, if not the best, player on the team. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I avoid the entrance and walk around the side of the teahouse to the gardens near the veranda. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Most labs planning to build cyclotrons solicited the help of the Rad Lab to avoid having to learn things the hard way. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I avoided eye contact, afraid that they might see in my eyes that I had once been a soldier in the war that I was now leaving behind. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The crowd below scurried back to avoid getting hit. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

By holding off combat until the five-year agreement ran out, Octavian avoided the stigma of starting a civil war. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Even though I knew where all of the traps were located, I still had to proceed carefully to avoid them all. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Somehow, Marina Raskova seems to have steered her way with brave and steady purpose through the Great Terror, avoiding any kind of suspicion. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

NO REFUNDS—but she carefully avoided looking at the corners of the room because she knew that clumps of moldy newspapers would be stuffed beneath pipes and grime and things long rotten. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

And they were taught formal rules of evidence gathering, in order to avoid cases being dropped or stalled, as had happened with the first Osage investigation. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He cast a pleading look at Prosper, who avoided his eyes. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He ran through the overgrown grass with his hands out, hoping to avoid tree branches—anything hanging darkly in the night. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

After their first year at boarding school in Albuquerque, Tayo saw how Rocky deliberately avoided the old-time ways. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I avoided her gaze, the hurt and confusion within it. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

“He’s already been here and he thinks I’m somewhere else. Besides, it’s not like I can avoid him forever. I have to go back to the train tomorrow.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The mini-chinchilla makes a tiny squeak and avoids a plant with bright-green, red-rimmed leaves, then dashes away, disappearing into the forest. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

We avoided the mothers of our dead classmates, their hungry eyes. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’d hidden in the library at lunch again and had pretty much avoided or been avoided by all the people I didn’t want to see. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

One day I was in the kitchen cleaning dishes—despite my best efforts to avoid them—and a bomb went off so close that the whole house rattled and the fan over the window fell. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

His slap was swift, powerful, furious, but High-Tech avoided the full impact because he moved back at the last second and Ugwu’s hand only scraped his cheek. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I leaned over to help him, trying to avoid the look on Liam’s face as he stood there staring at Betty’s mangled black shell. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He typically took Darling Avenue to the highway, as it avoided most of the white areas of town. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

A snow-white dress was draped over her arm, and she avoided looking at Meggie as she made her way past her to hang it in the closet. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

What you avoid when you don’t meet someone face-to-face are all the confusing and complicated and ultimately irrelevant pieces of information that can serve to screw up your judgment. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

With a millisecond to spare, he’d summoned the winds and avoided becoming a floating patch of demigod grease on the surface of the Adriatic. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Not only that but the entire neighborhood seemed to be awake now, so they ran back to their homes, hoping to avoid identification. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Nivea realized that people never invited her daughter to their home and that even her own cousins did everything they could to avoid her. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Naomi asked, dodging his question to avoid an outright lie. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

If nothing else, English and I would usually swap a few words about a party or a game from the weekend, something, anything, but today he was clearly avoiding me. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

A vegan avoids all animal products, sometimes even leather. wash. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ad is for “customer service” work, a type of job I tend to avoid because it normally involves a resume, which in turn would involve levels of prevarication I am not prepared to attempt. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He wanted to avoid a time-consuming bottleneck at all costs.” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

I lowered my eyes and, avoiding the bowl of lukewarm soup, concentrated on the smooth tabletop. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Though I thought of him constantly, I grabbed any excuse to avoid my guitar. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

He was flying at breakneck speed, trying to avoid a spurt of flames from Malfoy’s steed’s mouth, when he realized he had forgotten his Firebolt. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I excitedly tried them on, turning my head away from them to avoid the foul smell. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Introducing my friends to my employees was going to be a seriously weird moment that I’d just as soon avoid for a while longer. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s the easiest way to avoid Mom, since she’s now the only other person in the house. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

It made her chest feel lighter, the thought of avoiding that whole ugly conversation, but doubt whispered through her like smoke seeping under a closed door. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“In what manner was she beautiful? I realize that I cannot say enough. So. Since I cannot say enough, at least I will avoid saying too much. “Say this, that she was dark haired. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

People revered him as much as they feared him; they were just as anxious to prove themselves worthy party members as they were to avoid arrest. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

You’re better off avoiding them when you want to indicate time periods; instead, use “every two years” or “twice a week” or whatever. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Arion bucked so violently that Hazel had to slide off his back to avoid getting thrown. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Samuel wouldn’t make it hard, but on the other hand you couldn’t avoid Samuel because he was in the air every place. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s confusing. You should stay together as a set to avoid such faux pas.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Digger was still being a total jerk, avoiding me. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

But there was no way to avoid Lou Epstein when he finally went to work. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

A woman driver swerved to avoid him and hit another car. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

One study found that some whites are so loath to talk about race and so fearful of violating racial etiquette that they indicate a preference for avoiding all contact with black people. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“I’m afraid your father still commands the loyalty of many of them, and he advised them to avoid us when he came to visit a few days ago” She smiles bitterly. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

But the leader of the jinn, the King-of-No-Name, who was oldest and wisest of them, counseled his people to avoid men. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

We still occasionally had discussions about the egg, but these conversations were always guarded, and we were careful to avoid talking about specifics. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

By focusing on skeletons, he was able to avoid discussing Clovis, the focus of the conference, because Howard had found no skeletons there. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

To avoid the reminder, the pain, of my one night with Hannah Baker. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I whiz around the kitchen with fast, jumpy movements, avoiding his hands. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

We lurch forward, narrowly avoiding a gaping hole in the road. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

They avoided Hagrid’s eye and returned his cheery wave only halfheartedly when he left the staff table ten minutes later. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Harry forgot everything else: He sprinted out from under the Cloak, running bent double to avoid the curses illuminating the whole hall. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I grew a few inches, did pretty well in school, and learned how to avoid Dad. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

On one of the days I was avoiding Jupe, I saw her talking to a short-haired girl in the hallway and didn’t think anything of it because Jupe is always talking to someone. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

I kept my eyes on the clouds as I pumped back and forth so I could avoid anything I did not want to see or hear. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

They avoided it for the same reason people did: Crocodiles lurked under the surface. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

We knew where the wild animals were, so we tried to avoid them. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was best for me to avoid all that. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He didn’t want to kill other demigods if he could avoid it. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Whatever we’re doing, it must involve being high up for him to avoid it. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

But Valley and Seven were able to find purchase and avoid being thrown in. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I avoided the nursery, whose murals were now partly obscured by rubbery black stains where the rebels had burned the corpses of my friends. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

To avoid the crowd on Forty-second Street I turned off at Forty-third and it was here that things began to boil. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

It avoided publishing most obituaries, never mentioned the rise in crime, and was vague about the spread of the disease. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Having established my habit of not speaking to Julian on the bus, it was easy to avoid talking about the message in the ten-dollar bill. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

I look up at Coop—who seems to be avoiding eye contact—and swallow super-hard before gently opening it. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Many top horses before him, such as his grandsire, Man o’ War, had been retired prematurely to avoid high imposts. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the worrisome reports of what was happening in Germany became harder and harder to avoid. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

“Now—right now. Both of you have been avoiding me. Why?” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I gave Jenna a sharp look, but she managed to avoid my eyes. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

"Anytime," I said, avoiding his hand by picking up some papers. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He jumped back just in time to avoid a quick, darting blow of the beak. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She took the empty corridor behind the kitchens, avoiding the students at their work shifts. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

They staggered over slick glass ledges, around massive boulders, avoiding stalagmites that would’ve impaled them with any slip of the foot. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

People ran left and right, searching for kieries and forebears while trying to avoid overturned tables and chairs. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Once again, I thought if he had been wearing a T-shirt explaining he had Tourette’s, maybe the situation could have been avoided. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t help them out, was pretty sure they couldn’t do squat for me, so I avoided them as much as possible, fell into monosyllabic communication mode whenever we did come face to face. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

At first Belknap declined this offer as well, but feeling perhaps that he had been overly rude in avoiding the roof, he relented. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Among his first official acts was killing two of his own brothers to avoid future family problems. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

It was one I’d dodged and avoided for a long time. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

These were, in fact, the very yuppies Jesse had gone to such lengths to avoid. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I am so worried I might do something to disappoint the Nielsens that I avoid any situation that might lead to impropriety. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

No kid wants to stay in bed all day, even to avoid school. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

This notation can be confusing, though, and in some music the pickups and repeats are written in a way that avoids these broken-up measures. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

It was hard to avoid going past, since it was off the only road going north of the village, but it was set back too far from the road for the fools to see. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I will avoid the Pagoda Mall for the rest of my life if I have to. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

When it came farther into the light the comparison was impossible to avoid. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He had told everyone that his father was the igwe of his hometown, and had sent him to Lagos to live with an uncle until he turned twenty-one, to avoid the pressures of princely life. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I look at my outfit, like maybe I’m actually dressed as SuperBoy and can just avoid this cab ride altogether. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“As of Monday, your new teacher will be Mr. Daniels. Let’s try to avoid any negative consequences, okay?” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Bloom rose and wandered dazedly around the room touching things, avoiding Linda’s chair, stopping once to cough. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

For several years Jerome took a different entrance in and out of our community to avoid driving by the segregated pool. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He said that the murders of Major Mac and Joe had sparked off a nasty battle in that area and it was exactly what everyone had been trying to avoid. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

First, it can help you avoid some obvious grammatical errors, those that are errors according to your own lights. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

For an hour now, the plane had been flying at just three hundred feet, following the Welsh valleys, dipping and swerving to avoid the mountain peaks. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Just a sec, Aunt Heidi,” I say, and whip the plaid tent off over my head and avoid looking too close at my soft body in the hard light. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Not a single man tried to avoid his gaze. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Giszelda nearly wipes out avoiding Vanessa, but she manages to stay in her lane, too. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

So I should definitely tell the truth and definitely lie and also definitely avoid the conversation altogether. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

I use the basement bedroom, which had been Myron’s room, and do all I can to avoid the upstairs room where my father spent his childhood. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I knew to avoid the roads in times of war — any child knew that. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

She did, however, make it clear that she did not support the use of violence if it could be avoided. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

They rode a bus, because whenever possible the scythe avoided the use of a publicar. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

There were some things I just couldn’t avoid when it came to my disability. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

But he was very carefully avoiding me, and I knew enough to stay away from him. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

They passed a couple walking back toward the pavilion arm in arm, the lady giggling as she held up her long skirts to avoid tripping over them on the uneven ground. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The truth, which I can’t avoid acknowledging when I’m in those vast, desertlike stretches between afternoon breaks, is that I’m just amusing myself, and in what seems like a pretty harmless way. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

You know, grandchildren, our tradition tells us that we must avoid the bodies of those who have died. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She ended up kneeling on the small of his back, careful to avoid the spikes along his spine, squeezing and kneading and applying pressure in diverse ways. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Shaan and Zahra’s forces combined have managed to secure them a meeting with the queen at Buckingham Palace, but they’ve been told to take a winding, circumspect route to avoid the paparazzi. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I collected myself as best I could in an attempt to avoid further interrogation. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

To avoid raising the driver's suspicions, Guiteau didn't mention his true destination near the cemetery—the District of Columbia jail. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

She wanted to speak to me, I could tell, but my heart was already beginning to harden and I avoided her. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I come up gasping, trying to avoid swallowing the bloodstained water that spreads out from the open wound in her neck. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Yes, best to avoid mention of such things. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

We had strategically planned our flyer distribution to not only avoid teachers and staff, but also to avoid Selena. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

It put Lazlo in mind of the way they avoided looking at the citadel itself. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Uncle Hoskins had simply been plucked from our midst and we, figuratively, had fallen on our faces to avoid looking into that white-hot face of terror that we knew loomed somewhere above us. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There is a bright green plant with red-rimmed leaves. Please avoid.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Mom told me I’m driving you home after your practice today,” he said as I tried to avoid eye contact with people. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Was the Huntsman taking care to avoid the inhabitants of the palace, or were the inhabitants avoiding them? Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“You’ll never know how hard I worked in my own time to avoid doing jobs like this.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Even the daughter of Aphrodite couldn’t avoid making a face. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The friendly faces are a bit confused now, and I avoid glancing at Mr. Griffiths as I continue speaking. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

I slam on the brakes and turn left to avoid hitting a tree that seemed to have leaped suicidally into our path. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The boys went through the neighborhood, venturing deep into culs-de-sac and up dark sidewalks to houses that many other kids avoided. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Whites are consistently more likely to avoid prison and felony charges, even when they are repeatedly caught with drugs. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

So I tried my best to avoid speaking Navajo when any adult could hear. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t mean he doesn’t listen to Dad’s music—he doesn’t do that either—but let Trey tell it, Dad died over stupid stuff he could’ve avoided. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

There was another option, which was to use an existing phrase that avoided the term ‘philosophy’—‘natural science’—and this usage was common in the seventeenth century. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The boy walked back down the southwest side of the hill, avoiding the old chapel: he did not want to see the place that Silas wasn’t. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

When I got home, I avoided my family. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would drift through synagogue or through the streets, hunched over, eyes cast down, avoiding people’s gaze. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She avoided the Slat and the Crow Club as much as possible. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I pour my heart out to you, and the rest of the time I’m as impudent, cheerful and self-confident as possible to avoid questions and keep from getting on my own nerves. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

They started walking, trying to avoid the cave entrances, sticking close to the bank of the river. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t bear the thought of living in that shack, digging holes for months, and trying to avoid the commander. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

She had been delighted to see her brother again, but that did not prevent her from exaggerating her feelings to avoid her sister’s accusing question. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Finally, there is a third kind of solution, in which the universe is expanding only just fast enough to avoid recollapse. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I passed through a gauntlet of enraged faces and shifting bodies, ducking my head to avoid hurled stones. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He avoided looking at the sheeted figure lying on the bed. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

I used his distress to avoid answering the question. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“We should avoid talking at all costs. The vocal transformation component of the spell must’ve gotten messed up somehow,” said Seven sheepishly. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“They gotta figure out how to keep a tan and avoid the sun at the same time. But it’s, like, the 1800s, so there are no tanning beds. Chew on that.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Such a course of action was necessary, and since princes cannot avoid being hated by somebody, they must first seek not to be hated by the largest group. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

From the look on Drew’s ashen face and the way he carefully avoided making eye contact with me, I guessed Coach had already made his speeches for the day. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“The evidence will show that while preparations for guerrilla warfare were being made, no plan was ever adopted. It was hoped throughout that such a step could be avoided.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They would still live upstairs, snug in their nests behind the baseboards, growing fat on crumbs from all the food skiers smuggled into their rooms to avoid the dining-room prices. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

I’d seen women dressed this way before—Dad called them gentiles—and I’d always avoided getting too near them, as if their immorality might be catching. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Emily ran her finger around the diamond carved onto her desktop, avoiding eye contact and hoping no more humiliation was in store. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

We avoid even our own society, so much as may be avoided when we must sit knee to knee. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The stairs to the attic are an ink puddle in shadows, but I know exactly how to avoid the creaks. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She made only one bad slip, and she had tried to avoid that one. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

They migrate, they avoid danger, they hunt, they eat, they stand. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

The vegetation closed in as I neared the river, making it impossible to avoid clomping through bushes and thickets. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I walk down the stairs, drawing my hand lightly along a railing to avoid slivers, and walk out to the end of the pier. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

And the whole time, I just stared at my feet, because I didn’t want to look at them and I didn’t want to fall, so I watched my steps, trying to avoid the bigger rocks. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Taisin balled her hands into fists at her side and followed, keeping her eyes on the ground to avoid betraying her self-consciousness. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She and her aunt picked their way across the cobblestones, avoiding the horses with their brisk clippity clops and the boxy black cars with chauffeurs in patent-brimmed caps. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is what I wanted most to avoid: for my rises and falls to become Tobias’s rises and falls. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I did my best to avoid his eyes. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

And I was looking down to avoid showing her my face, but still I could not help smiling. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He walked only a few steps behind me as I moved cautiously through the clogged hallway, avoiding close contact with hecklers wherever I could. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though the Standard carefully avoided all mention of Harriet Tubman's name, it was a recognized fact in Abolitionist circles that she was responsible for the panic. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She thought sadly of how she used to try to avoid chores. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I avoid the conference table and perch in the wide windowsill that has a view of the mountain in question. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Maria threw herself at the guards, and they rather sheepishly ducked their heads to avoid her blows. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry avoided his yellowish eyes as they scanned the Hall; Harry had the uncomfortable feeling that Scrimgeour was looking for him. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

What I could not avoid was an irrational throbbing for my mother that came in waves. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I have been hated and avoided before, as the son of Evelyn Johnson, factionless tyrant, but it bothers me more now. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I was able to avoid this conversation last night, but I knew it was coming first thing this morning. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

The days grew warmer and the Blue Lake opened for swimming, but Cico and I avoided the glistening, naked boys who dared the deep-blue power of the lake. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I try to avoid him, and when I do run into him, I tell him that I have to work with my mom in the evenings. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

So avoid persons who are likely to do those things. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

They kneeled between the frescoed walls, where some important-looking saints with blue haloes were standing on tiptoe to avoid foreshortening, and the gay paints of the stained-glass window poured upon their heads. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

A prince must nevertheless make himself feared in such a way that he will avoid hatred, even if he does not acquire love; since one can very easily be feared and yet not hated. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

I had not seen him since we disappeared in the lift the day before, for wisely he had avoided dinner in the restaurant, possibly for the same reason that he lunched early now. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Wood roared as Harry swerved to avoid a collision. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I avoided Buck all day, which was not easy since his locker was beside mine. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She tried to avoid screaming and jumping over the side. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Even among ourselves, we avoided talking about the trip. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Amá says it’s best not to talk to them if it can be avoided. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I swung my backpack over my shoulder and probably whispered, “Excuse me,” but when I moved around him, I purposely avoided his eyes. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to be down by the field, but I didn’t want to keep avoiding it either. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

We avoid thinking about, or having anything to do with, the slaughter of the animals we eat. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I loved him; but I did not want him hanging on me all the time, so I went out of my way to avoid him. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

It was not that they avoided race, she and Curt. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I head straight for the kitchen, avoiding eye contact and her arms, which are opening for a hug. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

She had avoided the services at the colored churches in town. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

And we, to avoid offense, played the tune without words. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Then I check through my backpack for any homework I can get a jump on so I can avoid going into the land of ultimate paella. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Here and there I saw several attractive young women but carefully avoided giving them more than a glance. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before we went to bed, Dad suggested that we avoid rush hour by starting out late in the morning instead of early. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Cells believe that it signifies the presence of gram-negative bacteria, and they will stop at nothing to avoid this threat. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I avoided them by going around the shacks. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

At moments of wonder, it is easy to avoid small thinking, to en­tertain thoughts that span the universe, that capture both thunder and tinkle, thick and thin, the near and the far. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The sight and sound of water became a torment; Fitzsimmons habitually avoided areas of the barn where horses were being washed because the spectacle of flowing water was agonizing. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly the shape of the elements he has always avoided becomes more distinct, the key unknown factor clear. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

As Russ reports in at the scorer’s table, I become invisible—everyone is avoiding eye contact because they’re embarrassed for me. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

We spoke by nods and smiles to avoid waking the children sprawled on the floor. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

That figure, of course, does not include the thousands who avoid prison but are arrested, convicted, and sentenced to jail or probation. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

I avoided the gross meaty brown blobs and settled on a green blob, an orange blob, and a red blob. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

As we ate, my mother asked him where he was from, but he avoided answering. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Thanks to my complete lack of office skills, I found it fairly easy to avoid direct contact with the new technology. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

I avoid the well: in our old town, there was sickness — they said that we poisoned the well. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

Soon they’re growling and stomping, and we make sure to give them plenty of space to avoid getting stepped on. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

So to avoid the guilt, I would spend half my time sneakily cheating so that Jeffrey would win over and over. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

To avoid the traffic, Boori Ma took to sleeping on the rooftop. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I note all this to avoid thinking of how I almost gave away an even greater crime than the one he’s discovered. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

At that very moment, a heavy black Bludger came pelting toward him; he avoided it so narrowly that he felt it ruffle his hair as it passed. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

That year, although the harvest was not the best, there was rice for everyone and, as always, work that could not be avoided. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Of course, I did not stop to listen, but I could not avoid hearing his lordship shouting: 'But that's not your business, my boy! The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Two hundred miles of train routes, four hundred stations, and millions of people of camouflage—this is our best chance at avoiding capture. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He avoided her probing eyes and averted his face. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Afterwards he avoided the man as best he could, and it seemed also that Skiorh kept away from him, and no more words passed between them. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Now in the prison yard, my mother was trying to avoid the eyes of the guard peering down at her. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

They’re still avoiding me at the bus stop, but maybe if I talk to them alone, they’ll be willing to forgive me. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I make my way through the back alleys, careful to avoid the streetlights, the street police, and the endless street crowd. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“I think it’s great to get involved. Being part of a community is what makes a place a home,”Wynn chirped and then avoided Nan’s glare. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

There were a pair of young girls chatting in the kitchen doorway, avoiding their work. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Fretting, concentrated thought, reading, looking, wanting—all were to be avoided in favor of a slow drift of association, while the minutes accumulated like banked snow and the silence deepened around her. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Smith had avoided Rosemont earlier in the season not because he feared Seabiscuit would lose, but because he feared his horse would win, prompting the racing secretary to assign him heavy weight for the hundred-grander. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

And even if every star managed to lose enough mass to avoid collapse, what would happen if you added more mass to a white dwarf or neutron star to take it over the limit? A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I start to feel exactly what I try to avoid feeling during basketball season—in love—and I’m equal parts happy and annoyed. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

As pressure in the star increases, the exclusion principle states that electrons inside must move faster and faster to avoid one another. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

One man had avoided the bullets and mortar shells but not the animals in the river. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

To avoid any hint of cheating, he had to be isolated from everyone except the referee. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She strived to maintain a link with outside reform work to avoid being “wholly absorbed in a narrow family selfishness.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Also, I think we are supposed to avoid using cafés. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

He crosses his arms to avoid repeating his lapse in judgment. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She flew around me to avoid getting hurt, but she wasn’t completely successful. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

They avoided giving direct instructions: they did not say "Ask somebody upstairs”; they said "You might want to ask somebody upstairs.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Nor am I, if it comes to that...but when you’re dealing with a wizard like Black, you sometimes have to join forces with those you’d rather avoid.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The samples were packaged and shipped to a forensics laboratory in Germany for testing; the Icelandic DNA laboratory was ruled out to avoid any possibility of compromise or conflict. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The theory neatly solves the grandfather paradox by positing separate universes in which each possible outcome exists, thereby avoiding a paradox. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

And how’s this for ironic: the only way to avoid being branded Cap’s backstabber was to get myself embroiled in yet another scheme with the same Zach Powers. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

“We move the crude to our refineries at night, in tankers with no headlights, to avoid the bombers.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

In an effort to avoid her probing eyes, I looked across the lawn toward the woods, still hoping for a glimpse of Georgie. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

They needed to avoid the checkpoints set up by black-turbaned men on the main road. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Otherwise, the manual was a fascinating pamphlet on how to avoid being pickled in brine. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Bram, he said, had been driving and had swerved to avoid an animal in the road, and the car had plunged into a river. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I leaned down and squeezed through, careful to avoid the barbs. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

The same way you avoid meeting the eye of an old lover at a formal dinner, or that of an old enemy sitting across the room in a crowded alehouse late at night. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I moved over to the concession area, studying the candy, and both of us were very careful to avoid the awkwardness of eye contact. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had avoided Emily Brent with a kind of shuddering aversion. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

In formal writing, avoid using help but, as in: Huck can’t help but look silly in those pants. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I recounted the attack, sticking to the facts and avoiding conjecture. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Trust Minerva’s incarnation to confront Dedd with the question she herself has avoided. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took my arm, and I walked with him to the elevator, grateful to have an excuse to avoid the stairs. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

He set the ingredients on the desk, carefully avoiding the snake’s mouth. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I could tell he was eager to avoid any mention of psychiatrists or dead grandfathers. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I didn’t have time to ask questions because the driver swerved to avoid an oncoming delivery truck, ran over die curb with a jaw-rattling thump, and flew into the next block. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s avoiding the grief, not treating it. If I’m his solution, he’ll never really get over her death.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

In 1896 he gave up his German citizenship to avoid military conscription and entered the Zurich Polytechnic Institute on a four-year course designed to churn out high school science teachers. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

She eased up the front steps, avoiding the squeaky middle one, and crouched on the porch, listening. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

They drove back by another route, a much greater distance, to avoid passing the dead soldiers. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I had to let Clancy in if it meant I could avoid the same thing happening in the future. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Get along with the topkick and avoid all officers when possible. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

In order to avoid this bitter end, we would all have to be bom again, and bom with the knowledge of alternatives. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

This unfair treaty, called the Munich Agreement, shows just how desperate the European powers were to avoid the outbreak of a war against Hitler’s Germany. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I opted for the longer, quieter route—anything to avoid more stares. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

As they left home, she tried to avoid the thought that within ten minutes she’d be at the spot where Jim had died. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

We proceeded along the street, marching warily to avoid the assaults of guile unmoved by the fear of bombardment; the shops and warehouses to either side of us were evidently deserted. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Francisco Pizarro, now governor of Peru, was learning that to avoid outbreaks of feckless violence he needed to keep his men occupied at all times. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Once I had the room to myself again, I rolled over, turning my back to the door, and pulled the covers over my head to avoid the commotion coming from the hallway. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Virgil had to go several blocks out of his way to avoid 1417 Elm. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The halls of the castle were silent as they strode to her room, taking the empty servants’ passages to avoid any too-curious courtiers learning more about her. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I like the feel of his hand so much that I speed up a little to avoid it. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

He also read when his friends were late for lunch, to avoid drawing the attention of some of the football players, who liked to harass him. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

In their zeal to avoid resurrecting the sport’s reputation for chicanery, they tried to bury the incident. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The trick was not to avoid surveillance, the CIA learned, because that would only invite more suspicion. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Besides avoiding one another in limited space, they had to dodge the wicked claws of the rats. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

As true geeks, it was almost a point of pride to avoid one of the trendy enclaves most American kids would kill to get to. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Helmuth keeps his head down, avoids their faces, doesn't want to see the new faces, or the missing faces after the executioner has done his work. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

My brother knows he should avoid eye contact, keep his head down. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

And then I was crying, there in the pantry, unsure of why, exactly, but missing my parents in a way that I had made myself pretty good at avoiding most of the time. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

I swerve and barely avoid being run over. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She put away her party dresses and the silver candlesticks and carefully avoided him. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Taught her how to crawl along the walls of buildings, disappear into doorways, cut across comers in choked traffic—how to do anything, move anywhere to avoid a whiteboy over the age of eleven. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the three days that the Captain lived with us, I avoided looking him in the eye. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you and your friends would like to remain . .. untouched by our serum, you may want to avoid the bread.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Mother asked him, “Are you all right?” so many times, he took to avoiding her. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

She was still looking at Moss, and he looked down to avoid her gaze as he put his stuff away. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

As they sat and ate, still staying relatively quiet and doing their best to avoid touching each other or touching things that had been touched, Mark brooded. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Perhaps the elderly woman was a Double-Talk Folk, after all, telling Ophie to avoid the dead while she left sweets for her husband. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

We ran some four- on-five plays to learn how to avoid traps. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

When Molly transferred to Mount Desert Island High School last year, in tenth grade, most of the kids seemed to go out of their way to avoid her. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

They did try hard to avoid going into his study when they were bleeding and needed a sticking plaster to put over the cut, because they knew Charles hated the sight of blood. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was tricky to stay far enough back to avoid getting spotted but close enough to keep Kelli and her comrades in view through the dark hazy air. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Whenever,” Isa replied, avoiding her glance as she kissed Laney’s nose and put her down on the floor. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She hasn’t spoken more than four words to me in as many days, but since she’s been out in the greenhouse from dawn until dusk, it has been easy to avoid me. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Such evil must be avoided, they felt, and precautions must naturally be taken to protect themselves from it. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

It was the only way I could avoid looking like a total wuss. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He used a local anaesthetic called something or other “snow,” which froze the tissue and avoided pain until the probe, the scalpel or the forceps got below the frozen portion. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

On the way to each court hearing, the Shaws avoided Valley View Drive. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I picked up my other case files and made updated plans for how to assist each client to maximize the chance of avoiding an execution. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

As he continued to hold forth in his swampy, East Texas drawl about the numerous follies of the welfare state, I got up and left the table to avoid humiliating myself further. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

He learns that the house, for all its beauty, has certain faults in the summer months, so that it makes all the more sense that it is a place Gerald and Lydia annually avoid. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Benny fiddled with his bass, and Ellie pretended to take notes to avoid eye contact with me. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Vonetta was discovering her longer legs, dodging and dashing off, avoiding Fern’s blows. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

The various well temperament tunings that were very popular in the 18th and 19th centuries tried to strike a balance between staying close to pure intervals and avoiding wolf intervals. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Write in diary, look through Tía Mari’s magazines, anything to avoid bad thoughts that might drive me crazy. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Thus Trabb’s boy became their guide, and with him they went out to the sluice-house, though by the town way to the marshes, which I had avoided. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Rowan avoided everyone and tried to go straight to his room, but on his way he heard something that gave him pause. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

But Quentyn thought of several reasons why not, so he had done his best to avoid the twins thereafter, and there had been no second kiss. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I asked, hoping the sharks avoided swimming in bays. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Mrs. van Daan is by no means a wonderful person, yet half the arguments could have been avoided if Mother hadn’t been so hard to deal with every time they got onto a tricky subject. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Sam begins an elaborate show of avoiding the struggle. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

To avoid being kicked out, we covered our faces with our notebooks. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it was not too late to avoid him. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then the vendors had to dodge nimbly to avoid being trampled under the heavy hooves, while the demon drivers shouted largely unintelligible curses at them. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Manet tapped me on the shoulder, and I looked at him just in time to avoid being blinded by the initial burst of flame as the cloud caught fire. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He tried to avoid the blow, but Mr. Grin’s fist hit him square on the jaw. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Ultimately, one tends to avoid him, for the universal characteristic of children is to assume that they have a monopoly on trouble, and therefore a monopoly on you. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

“Ready, Diddy?” asked Aunt Petunia, fussily checking the clasp of her handbag so as to avoid looking at Harry altogether. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

By retiring when he did, he avoided that fate, which would have established a precedent that smacked of monarchical longevity by permitting biology to set the terminus of his tenure. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Unpleasant loop entrances serve a purpose—normals tend to avoid them, so we peculiars have them all to ourselves.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

My friends did a pretty good job of avoiding me today. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I crossed the street to avoid the place where I’d stood when I heard about Dr. King, when the riots started. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I make a bundle out of brown paper and my apron, then take the back way around the ghetto fence to the basement window, avoiding the guarded gate. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

When he was again in their company, he could not help remembering what he had seen; nor could he avoid observations which, unless it were like Cowper and his fire at twilight, Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

I slurred back, while desperately trying to avoid having my teeth touch the gaping hole in my cheek. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He avoided my gaze as he walked beside me, his hands deep in his pockets. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

And then there was the ache I avoided most of all. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

For most important things, though, success actually requires avoiding many separate possible causes of failure. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“These houseboats are super cool,” I say, to avoid his question. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Once they entered the restaurant, Wes quickly sat down to avoid collapsing. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

He half considered climbing in his window to avoid Suheyla, but he couldn’t do that, so he went in by the green door and found her in the courtyard. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

And why, after two years of avoiding becoming a Dauntless leader at all costs, is he suddenly acting like one? Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

In the opening prelude of Parsifal’s third act, the music shifts and slides around, avoiding settling on one key or chord for more than one beat. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

They had thought once of moving the family to the third floor, Danny said, so as to avoid the noise made by the people who were constantly climbing the stairs to see his father. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

They can be difficult to perform correctly and are avoided in music for beginners. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

They made a beeline for the lake—through the streets, across the railroad tracks, not walking but running, trying to avoid any trouble along the way. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I stay close to Tobias’s side as they point, but I can’t walk fast enough to avoid some cheers, some claps on the shoulder, some congratulations. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

At this point he began to talk directly to the coffin, which I had noticed upon my arrival and had studiously avoided thereafter. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do people go out of their way to avoid touching you, Via?” he answered, which left me momentarily without an answer. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

We decided to leave the hotel that evening to avoid paying for another night. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

She avoided her mother’s look of mild disapproval. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

This might explain why we have not yet been overrun by tourists from the future, but it would not avoid the problems that would arise if one were able to go back and change history. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Was she supposed to avoid all closets unless specifically told to open them? Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Shin did his best to avoid their eyes. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Which streams had good water, and which needed to be avoided. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

He had to pay some enormous fine to avoid spending several months in jail. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

It’s never this loud when the Commandant is in attendance, and I relax marginally, glad to avoid her. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I put the dish in front of me, pretend it’s delicious, avoid looking at it as much as possible, and it’s gone before I’ve had time to realize what it is. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Now said Poseidon, god of earthquake: god of the stormy sky, I should have taken vengeance, as you say, and on my own; but I respect, and would avoid, your anger. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ralph, who came from a long line of intelligent mice, knew that most of his relatives had learned to avoid traps and poisons. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

I had been avoiding the cafeteria, eating my sandwich alone in any safe place I could find. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s avoiding me, presumably still angry at me for showing Dakari this garden. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Still, there was no way to avoid hearing about it. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t have been too freaked out, because he’d avoided turning into a giant goldfish. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

A foot more and he could be away from it, in the shade, but he seems to avoid the shade like it’s toxic. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

On Wednesday at school she did her best to avoid James. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

They avoided staring too long, and Moss hated it. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Ivy took it and pressed it to her ankle, avoiding June’s eyes. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

To avoid impeachment by the House of Representatives, Nixon resigned on August 9, 1974, the first American president ever to do so. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Lexie studiously avoided her eyes as the woman consulted her screen. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

So we avoided each other’s eyes that night, and we didn’t even kiss before I went back upstairs. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

To avoid the branches, he sways from side to side. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Then tells me how Kay believed in fate and destiny—everything that ever happened or was going to happen couldn't ever be avoided. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

He tried to avoid the guys, but it wasn’t as easy as before. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

All year long I had encouraged my students to avoid using labels like “all” and other gross generalizations. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

A platoon of large passenger tricycles wheels migrants from the bus stop to the riverbank, swerving along the main, rutted, dirt road to avoid pigs and trash burning in the middle of the street. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

It sat down carefully in front of her, avoiding its own torn canvas in the middle of the floor, folding its great muscular legs and draping its arms in loose lines. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Jets of light flew from Draco’s, Narcissa’s, and Greyback’s wands; Harry threw himself to the floor, rolling behind a sofa to avoid them. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Better to avoid such questions, better to pass quickly by with a cheerful word than to stop and ask, for who would lightly take on the burden of feeding another mouth? Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t avoid the question just because you don’t want to think of an answer.” Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

He dug his foxholes on the far side of the perimeter; he kept his back covered; he avoided situations that might put the two of them alone together. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could see that they were trying to avoid us because they didn't want us to foul their nets, and now the large cranes were hauling them up. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

The distances were smaller, of course; shoreline families would move a fifteen-minute walk inland, to avoid direct exposure to winter storms and tides. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I slipped through a crowd of tourists strolling along the walkway, narrowly avoiding being impaled by the metal tip of a lady’s parasol as she bobbed it merrily about. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

We have tired faces and avoid each other’s eyes. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He walked quickly down the unpaved sidewalks, his eyes on the ground to avoid stepping in puddles. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The young mouse had discovered a path of sorts, skirting the dense underbrush and avoiding patches of marshland. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Jude?” he asks, up against the wall, pronouncing my name carefully, as though to avoid slurring. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Who, over the course of a hundred and fifty years of life, not to mention nearly two years of my personal tutelage, has managed to avoid learning a few important facts. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I’d been hearing the same line for months—ever since I’d dodged and avoided the hockey recruiters and thrown away my chances for a scholarship to college. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I walked at a brisk pace to avoid the others. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

He had been actively avoiding those thoughts recently, but they’d finally caught up with him. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Now he'd be lucky if he could manage to avoid being arrested. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

He had tried to avoid talk of war as much as possible lately; the two younger boys were too eager for it, the womenfolk too ready to cry about it. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not sure if there’s anything I could have done to avoid this, once he saw you. It is partially your fault.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes you talk. Other times you just, I don’t know, you just avoid.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I'd spent my life trying to avoid trouble, staying away from confrontation, but he was threatening my parents. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

It’s handy when you want to avoid coming right out and saying something: Your blind date is not unattractive. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

And so ani­mals have a full system of cautionary signals designed to avoid a showdown, and they are quick to back down when they feel they can. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

My father bristles around Cade, avoids him as much as possible. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

They had to avoid the authorities because of Nin’s reputation for thievery, but that wasn’t the reason they lived like nomads. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

It was, for me, another of those holidays I'd just as soon avoid. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“We are speaking of music, madam,” said he, when no longer able to avoid a reply. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Except instead of avoiding it, I bee- lined to it and dug it up. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t realize I was squeezing myself closer to Miles until he coughed and tilted his chin up to avoid my head. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Toby tried to catch her eye, but she was intent on avoiding him. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Afi was thrown into the holding pen soon after that, and they hugged each other gently, avoiding the fiery sores on their shoulders. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our hope is that by a set of ten simple, straightforward laws, we can avoid the pitfalls of human fallibility. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

We walked the two blocks to the store, stepping carefully trying to avoid the patches of ice, looking down, trying not to skid into a fall. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

To avoid the major embarrassment of getting caught leaving myself a note, I also wrote a note for the bag next to mine. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

To avoid demoralizing troops, flights carrying the containers to America took place at night. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Annoyed, avoiding my gaze, he slammed down his magazine and stalked through the double doors without looking back. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He’s been smirking and avoiding feelings for as long as I’ve known him. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She was probably avoiding me like I had the plague or something. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Seth caught hold of the side to avoid falling. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

He kicked the thing into the gutter, and then, to avoid the crowd, turned down a side street to the right. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

If I could get back behind the fire line, I could avoid meeting up with the Careers. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I jerked away from Wesley and avoided his eyes. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was calm, staring straight ahead, avoiding any possibility of eye contact. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“If you think it necessary perhaps you would see about it for me,” I said, avoiding her eyes, “some young girl perhaps, wanting to train.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Okay, let’s take stock of all the people I’m avoiding and/or can’t look in the eye right now and why, shall we? From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

A young girl with a fox terrier crossed the street to avoid him. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Angry ghosts had a deep purple aura that scared Ophie, and she tried to avoid looking at those ghosts as much as possible. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I avoided the two old women as if they were afflicted with the plague and their house a haunted graveyard. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The warrior ducked and avoided the brunt of the projectile, but it clipped his helmet and sent it tumbling off his head. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I hung my head to avoid his eyes. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

We eat, avoiding any conversation about the situation with my parents, or going off to school in the fall, or definitions of what we are. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

It’s like they have the swine flu and are trying to avoid germs. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Lyra led the way, avoiding the city center, and Will kept watch all around, saying nothing. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pregnant women walked a mile out of their way just to avoid Cleofes and thus ensure that their offspring would not be born missing a nose or a finger or some other priceless appendage. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He shut his mouth tightly and stared straight ahead, as if to avoid looking at anyone, and said no more. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Even if Eleanor could avoid the bus today, even if her fairy godmother showed up with a pumpkin carriage, she'd still have to find a way to get back to school tomorrow morning. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

With Leper it was always a fight, a hard fight to win when you were seventeen years old and lived in a keyed- up, competing school, to avoiding making fun of him. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

No matter how hard I try to avoid thinking about Elizabeth, her friendship warms me like a mug of hot chocolate. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

And for weeks afterwards, she avoided her sisters. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The speed with which she moves on startles me, but I'm so relieved to avoid an awkward conversation that I, too, pretend nothing has happened. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Maxine shares her newest smoothie recipes, and Bailey mentions how hard it’s going to be to avoid chocolate with Valentine’s Day right around the corner. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She was growing up, and was careful to avoid childish things, like sitting on a milk stool near a pigpen. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Kids banding together and roving the countryside, trying to avoid getting caught, taking care of one another? The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Blandly telling him that I kept my hair long to avoid confusion with American Air Force personnel proved my mental instability. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Mulch’s beard and head hair were actually a matrix of antennae that helped him to navigate and avoid danger belowground. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

The unique style of scythes’ robes, regardless of the fabric and color, made them easy to spot in public, which made them easy to avoid—if avoidance was what a person wanted. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I had been avoiding him, but suddenly that seemed unfair. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She avoids looking at me and takes our plates and goes to the kitchen. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

It gave him an opportunity to avoid going to Port Harcourt for the weekend. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“It’s not just that,” Harry said, still avoiding looking at her. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He, on the other hand, made no attempt to avoid noticing her. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

She seemed to be avoiding eye contact with the chickens herself. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

In this book I have avoided using him as far as possible. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s hard to avoid,” Manet said carefully, with a significant look to the people sitting around us. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Knowing Omi, the way she tried to avoid every conflict, it was probably a little of both, I thought. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Having received his course of instruction as promised, Tisias, in an apparent attempt to cheat his master, avoided going to court at all. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

He and Krum were left alone, at opposite sides of the tent, avoiding each other’s gaze. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Just because your father’s away doesn’t mean you can avoid your chores. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

It occurs to her that maybe Terry’s reluctance to take on this project has as much to do with avoiding this kind of maudlin moment as avoiding the work itself. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

She didn’t know much about this strange, giant thing, but she didn’t like how it was avoiding her question. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“I wonder if you really mean it. Of course under the circumstances it’s the wisest thing he can do. Gossip is an unpleasant thing to some people. It’s more pleasant to avoid it, isn’t it?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I have a pain in my head thinking this could all have been avoided if I’d flipped my paper over. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Knowing that his colt had had some leg trouble in the past, Smith wanted to avoid mud whenever possible. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Yes, I can see that you're beginning to learn. That's good. Two things our people must do is accept responsibility for their acts and avoid becoming bitter." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Spy highway of the Culper Ring uses land and sea routes to avoid Royal Navy ships and Redcoat patrols on shore. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would have turned back into the shop, dodged down an alley, vanished into thin air if he could, but there was no avoiding the Babylonian this time. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

The route out of the city is bumpy and winding, especially as the driver takes sudden turns to avoid broken buildings or unknown groups clustered on the road. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

She did exactly nothing to avoid quarrels and confrontations. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We found ourselves in a different compartment, where the water came up to my ankles and I had to crouch to avoid bumping my head on the upper deck. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Most were on the run from something, eager to avoid drawing the attention of slavers or interest from the Ravkan government. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

If we examine this carefully, we shall see that he was more merciful than the Florentine people, who allowed the destruction of Pistoia in order to avoid being considered cruel. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

Discovering two new sisters had been really helpful when it came to avoiding difficult subjects. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

There were therefore a number of attempts to avoid the conclusion that there had been a big bang. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She went barefoot, avoiding barnacles, picking her way along the flats with the tide drawn out and the salt chuck grass sleek against the mud in sun-dried fans. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I take the letters and back out of the room to avoid any surprise attacks. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

If anything, the donations went back to being a subject to be avoided, but not in the way it had been when we were younger. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’re sitting in the beanbags, facing each other, so it’s hard to avoid his eyes. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

So I ignored him, just like I’ve been avoiding him when he tries to talk to me in the hallway. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The previous evening he had drafted a personal statement, which he enclosed with his last will and testament, declaring that he had sincerely hoped to avoid the interview. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Yes, I, Vanessa Martin, the student who used to hide in the back of class in order to avoid talking, said all of that! Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

"The only truths I know are here. The south is a nest of adders I would do better to avoid." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

So the diggers avoided the areas where the clay was striped dirty white or rusty red, as clay of these colors did not make the transformation to celadon green when fired. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Before the monsoons hit in May, we have to endure April, our hottest month, with temperatures often reaching no degrees—so hot that even the children stay indoors to avoid the sun. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked like he was trying to avoid them. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew all the natural harbors, the swiftest currents, how to avoid a squall even when it seemed intent on destroying him. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

What police training does, at its best, is teach officers how to keep themselves out of this kind of trouble; to avoid the risk of momentary autism. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I shove my hands into my pockets and watch for a few minutes, then walk away again, trying to match my footsteps to my heartbeat, or to avoid the cracks between the tiles. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“After twenty years of living in America,” he said, swerving the truck to avoid a pothole the size of a beach ball. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I could avoid questions as skillfully as she could. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

She avoided articles that might make me worry. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

To avoid thinking about the haunted journal, I watched the weather outside the car window. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

By chance, she saw a dark patch looming in the murk ahead of them, and Gubina pulled up the nose of her plane to avoid hitting it. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The combatants had hard work of it to avoid the embers of their small fire, engaged in their melee at its side—plates rattled beneath their heels and there were dim cries of pain. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

They don’t fight one another or avoid one another. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

When I crossed the river’s northern bend, I avoided glancing at the brownish water churning below, noxious with runoff from the slaughterhouses. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Both of them shoot me thin-lipped smiles that don’t reach their eyes as they avoid each other’s gazes. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Mr. Kleist had broken his own arm to avoid recruitment into the people’s army. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Had this information been acquired before the program was launched, a vast amount of damage could have been avoided and the taxpayers could have been saved a great deal of money. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

I like to avoid the early shoot-around, the chaos of just throwing the ball up and having it bounce out because someone else’s shot smacked it away. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Pits appeared at their feet, and Annabeth barely avoided falling in. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

If he made arrangements for our luggage to be taken to the boat before we went, he said, we could probably avoid trouble. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were twigs on the ground, and large stones, but he avoided these carefully and was soon only a short distance away from his quarry. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Your neighbors, unrecognizable in the thick layers they wear against the cold, keep their faces down to avoid the wind. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

We sink up to our calves in one of these, so avoid the others by checking the map and plotting a course around them. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

A part of her, the engineer side, was still looking for some explanation; was there anything Jim could’ve done to avoid the wreck? A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

But don’t go out of your way to avoid the “splits.” Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would have preferred to avoid seeing them, but she rejected the idea of taking a hotel room .together for the same reasons she did not want to be seen in Miguel’s boardinghouse. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

To avoid the technical difficulties with Feynman’s sum over histories, one must use imaginary time. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Janae is already sitting cross-legged on the blue tarp, but she’s facing the other direction, as if trying to avoid the house across the street. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

But because the location of each hidden trapdoor was clearly marked on my map, I was able to avoid all of them. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

But she could not hold it low enough to avoid seeing the snowflakes falling and dying on the pavement. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe the flagpole could be a plan B when there isn’t the threat of storms, because avoiding tall metal poles is actually a good rule of thumb when lightning may be in the picture.” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

And, under the penalty of death, we commanded Bigger Thomas to avoid Mary Dalton. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Not enough to let me pass, but enough to avoid crushing my fingers. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The intent of his queries, as he soon established, was to introduce a subject the prosecution had emphatically avoided: the question of Wells’ own role in the murder plot, and his own moral liability. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Enough to make me want to learn about this place,” he said, hoping to avoid provoking the temper he’d seen flare in this guy the day before. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Burger dressed hurriedly and ushered the group out of the hotel, hoping to avoid any questions or harm from Quirin and Heinck. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

The important thing, Nixon decided, was to avoid disaster in Vietnam until after the presidential election in November. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

As a rule, that was something they avoided, but Sarai’s anger made her careless. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She began to walk the long way around to the store to avoid the playground, the elementary school, the bus stop. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Jason managed to avoid the prongs of the trident again, but the giant swung the other end around and smacked him in the chest. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He ducked to avoid a low- hanging limb, almost falling. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Should she talk to him, or avoid him until he sought her out? Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

We dropped the bananas and began running in order to avoid the open hillside. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

They’d put their hands on him and press him into their mold, and he’d come out the other end of it as the same dark creature he had struggled to avoid becoming. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“I have refused Hamlet's letters and avoided his presence, as you, dear Father, have commanded. Here, I yield you this, its seal unbroken.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“But we need to do more than just avoid getting into trouble. We need to focus on how to make the right decisions so you aren’t in trouble in the first place.” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn't want to hear it and I avoided him when I got off the train. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

She tried to avoid looking at her grandmother’s stooped back. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“You even said it yourself: Your parents can’t avoid making things about themselves.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I still avoided his eye, but I was more convinced than ever that he knew the truth. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

If not for Miss Perumal he might even have given it up by now, to avoid some of the teasing. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I try avoiding the grief section, but two books catch my eye. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He studiously flips through a few more pages, trying to avoid saying what he says next. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I avoided any possibility of seeing my cousin Peach as we traveled home. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was going to have to be super careful to avoid them. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

You’re thinking of April/Dallas/Anything to avoid reading the last few dreadful pages of this dreadful book. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

But they quickly look away to avoid meeting our eyes, except for the little girl who is staring at me right now. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Faces are distorted, arms strike out, and the beasts scream; we just stop in time to avoid attacking one another. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Annabeth knew she should say something, but her instincts told her to hide, to avoid doing anything that would draw the god’s attention. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I wanted to avoid going anywhere near that place until I absolutely had no choice. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

The enormity of her debt was inexpressible, so she avoided him altogether. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to see him fail out of summer school because he’s avoiding me. He’ll get left behind if he’s absent three times.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

He had run away from Austria with his bride to avoid being conscripted into the army. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

They avoided the engine, though some were drawn into it and dashed to pieces by the slicing propellers. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stumbled along behind her, careful to avoid the dust she kicked up, and struggling to steady a flutter of growing nerves. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

I squirmed away and went to the restroom to avoid saying good-bye to those who were not coming to the adoption proceedings. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The school probably had attorneys telling him to avoid accepting responsibility. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

She looks apprehensive, twisting her fingers and avoiding making eye contact. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I closed my eyes hard to avoid thinking, but the eye of my mind refused to be closed and continued to plague me with images. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I have therefore avoided historical opinions and gone back primarily to the words of the men themselves, their letters and other documents. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’ll be coming in from school, from the south. We can avoid his route entirely and come in on Highway 6, from the west.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

One hand on the reins, the other clutching the tub, I stepped backward and ducked as he jabbed forward with the spear, but not quick enough to avoid it ripping through my shoulder. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

If he was avoiding the critical mass of Bahramis by taking shelter in the kitchen. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Ben’s head snapped back, but not far enough to avoid the backhand that sent him staggering backward out of control with his head cracked against the far wall. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he resolved to avoid the one misstep that might send his soul down to perdition. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

She brushes her teeth, avoiding herself in the mirror, and goes back downstairs and stands looking out through the window in their front door. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

It becomes easier to die and avoid conflicts than to maintain a constant battle with the superior forces of maturity. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thus direct denial, lying and the revelation of personal affairs are avoided. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Emergency vehicles race up the road to Mobius, and protestors cover their mouths and noses with bandannas or tuck their faces into their shirts to avoid the billowing clouds of dirt. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Without stopping, he waded into the water and used the edge of the stream as a pathway to avoid the heavy underbrush. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

If I could only send her to buy groceries or something, because I intended to say as little as possible to avoid digging myself a hole. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Once he shuffled sideways to avoid a woman with a toddler tied to her back. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

But after that he had avoided Fenwick because he knew that he never could be like it, he had tried and failed. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

But Larisa had managed to avoid the antiaircraft searchlights, and the German pilot's aim in the dark wasn’t accurate enough to destroy their plane. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

But as I went around a blind comer I drove straight into what I had been trying to avoid: a roadblock. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was pulling a thousand dollars here and there from a lot of different accounts to keep the transactions small and avoid suspicion as she put together the money to pay off Angela. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

‘Oh, I see . The doctor’s expression said, I am so, so sorry. Leo’s heart filled with cement. If he’d harboured any last hopes of avoiding what was to come, they now sank. ‘ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“My dad has always said that violence is something to avoid at all costs,” Albert tells us. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Studies have found that they are slow to socialize and often avoid contact with others for two to three years after arriving in the South. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Was life really about what restrictions I could accept or avoid? Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“I’d better not say. I don’t think your grandfather wants you kids worrying about it until the time comes. He would rather have scheduled your visit to avoid the festival night.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“Dad said he needed more pasta sauce, so I figured I’d borrow a bottle or two,” he explains, avoiding the important questions, as he always does. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I avoided his, choosing instead to gaze at the butterflies flying above us. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“It will be inconvenient to avoid it, and there is no guaranteed benefit.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She assumed there would be a fight now for the gray socks, but the opposite was the case, and to avoid further sorrow she was obliged to return to Briony’s room for another pair. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Jam took her mother’s hand and pulled herself out, avoiding the edge of the table. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I began to wonder if he was actually asleep or if he’d just laid a heavy finger on the pain pump to avoid the Attack of the Well-Meaning Sisters. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I lied about being accepted to some school, at other times I said I hadn’t quite decided, and most of the time I avoided the question altogether by not going to school. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

And so he sits, avoiding eye contact with any of his classmates, and pages through the book. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

They went away and left me there, with a uniformed officer—the one with the neck acne who came to Cathy’s flat in Ashbury a lifetime ago—standing at the door, avoiding my eye. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

In short, organized religion made blacks blind to, or avoid or seek to escape from, reality. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

How could he avoid taking the Snitch with his bare hand in front of the Minister? Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Before I could come up with a convincing excuse to avoid death by indigestion, a hand fell on my lower back. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Drew sat up front by Coach to avoid being tormented by Will about Erin dumping him for Stephanie. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

I try to make eye contact with him now, but he seems to be intentionally avoiding my gaze as he polishes his knife with the edge of his shirt. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“I used to think change was a choice. That you could avoid it if you stuck with your convictions. Now—” She shook her head. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

To avoid misunderstanding, use another word to describe an un- lucky accident. fulsome. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he realized, by the immobility of the other children and by the way they avoided looking at him, that it was he who was selected for punishment. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

He took the family to a picnic of the Society of Chinese Engineers — something he’d always avoided before — and ate tea eggs. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I avoid ‘declination’, which seems to me too easily confused with ‘dip’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He realized how little they said to each other, how carefully they avoided being alone together. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I said that mainly to avoid more questions about my background, but what if, maybe, I do write a book someday? The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

"The way you avoided looking at the cameras, the blush." The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

She pulled the wheel hard to the right, and I got a glimpse of a figure she’d swerved to avoid—a dark fluttering shape now lost behind us in the storm. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

We’d have to avoid the gravel in front, because of the noise our feet would make crunching on it, and instead skirt the grassy edges of the driveway. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

She saw how Romero avoided every brusque movement and saved his bulls for the last when he wanted them, not winded and discomposed but smoothly worn down. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

She tips a tall glass and pours beer slowly down its side, avoiding a foam head. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

So avoiding the industrial food chain isn’t just a matter of principle. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The prince will protect himself against this danger by avoiding being either hated or despised and by keeping the people satisfied with him. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

If Fang and I were casually avoiding each other, then I’d been actively avoiding Faith. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Watching as their cream-colored Buick flies through the guardrail and over the side of the bridge to avoid old Mr. McPherson’s red truck? Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Stanley must have looked surprised, because Mr. Sir went on to explain that they started early to avoid the hottest part of the day "No one is going to baby-sit you," he added. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Meme avoided the conversation with a short laugh. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I sneak around, heart in my mouth, dreading revelations; I avoid late nights, I evade and tiptoe. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The Venetians allied themselves with France against the Duke of Milan, and they could have avoided that alliance: it resulted in their downfall. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

If he was going to end up in jail anyway, he might as well have gone through normal justice and avoided all this Circle baloney. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“You could be arrested just for knowing what you know and not reporting it. I thought it would be better to avoid that.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

She had been carefully trained by her upbringing, she said, to avoid effusive displays of feeling, but this did not mean her heart was shallow. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The woman who avoided the streets let into her living room the woman who sat down in the middle of one. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The car now swooped almost to the ground; he had to jerk the wheel toward him to avoid a crash. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

The following day I cornered Peggy in the hallway and asked her why she was avoiding me. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Her little dæmon scampered up and down to avoid touching Malcolm, but Lyra herself was intrigued by this change of perspective and gazed calmly around, and then focused her eyes on Malcolm himself. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Maybe we could avoid talking about entrails, too.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Fadi tensed, looking for a way to avoid whoever was looking for him. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

I seemed to wish to keep him to the point of his madness—a thing which I avoid with the patients as I would the mouth of hell. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

It was hot and explosive, and delivery men avoided the district and the police details were increased in number. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was close to the westernmost of the Nile’s seven mouths, the Canopic, but far enough away to avoid having its harbor silted up by the river’s outflow. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

Emily ran her finger around the diamond carved onto her desktop, avoiding eye contact and hoping no more humiliation was in store. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“I know I can get work,” Grandma said calmly as she picked up Conrad and grabbed my hand, and we walked out the back door to avoid any lingering guests. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He avoided looking at the stands; the laughter was becoming louder, and there were catcalls and jeering from the Slytherins. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

We all kind of stand there with our hands in our pockets, avoiding direct eye contact, like my classmates at the junior prom. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The plan was for our motorcade to avoid the crowd and drive around to the back of City Hall, where I would quietly enter the building. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alfred swept and reswept the dark wooden floor just to keep moving, his head down, avoiding the Epsteins' sad, distrustful looks. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to avoid a whole conversation about it. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Franz continued to follow her and whimper, but Hyacinth avoided him. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

For a lap and a half, he ran in the cluster of men, unable to get free, restraining his stride to avoid running into the man ahead. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

Instead, I do what any awkward geek who wants to avoid the topic of sex at all costs would do. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Please confine yourself to discussing issues and such; thereby you will at least avoid obscenity and offense. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wasn’t this the same guy who’d been telling me to avoid my destiny my whole life? Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Mom and I have been avoiding each other, which usually lasts a few days. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I pass through another car, trying to avoid the limbs that stick out from under bunks, the arms that spill over their edges. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I avoid my reflection in the mirror over the fireplace mantel. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Few white people realize that many black people today dislike and avoid spending any more time than they must around white people. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Realizing the sensitive political situation, he avoided the Washington apartment he shared with Conkling. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Before she can tell me what she wants to tell me, I ask her about her day, ask her about school, ask her about the weather—anything to avoid the topic of her and me. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

She avoided his space as much as possible, but she didn’t want to make the neglect too obvious. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I want to tell him what to look out for, what mistakes to avoid. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted to avoid Henry, who seemed to have eyes in the back of his bright orange head. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I think perhaps we ought to avoid being sent to the Waiting Room,” said Constance. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

She was avoiding him, but he wouldn’t let his irritation distract him. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Get knocked into it with a fist of fatigue to avoid a night of noisy silence, empty birdcages that don’t need wrapping in cloth, of bold unsmiling girls staring from the mantelpiece. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

These front-loaded modifiers can be useful in qualifying a sentence, in tying it to information mentioned earlier, or simply in avoiding the monotony of having one right-branching sentence after another. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Servals sometimes raided chicken pens, but generally they avoided people. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’ve been avoiding that book for a mortal age. Either you had suddenly become an exceptionally dedicated student, or you were doing something incriminating.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

If I can just stay calm and avoid getting tangled up... The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Actually, I tried not to know you. I avoided you at school for three years. I didn’t want to think about you at all.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

To avoid the enormous crowd of our supporters, who had grouped in front of the building, we were driven into the rear of the building and taken in through great iron gates. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t help but think about how my father had kept his aims deliberately modest, avoiding every risk in order to give us constancy at home. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It’s better not to know why people want to avoid the Syrian army. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

This is the question my whole family has been avoiding. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Charlie had avoided the living room since we’d returned, and my mother—thank God—had been at the grocery when Miles had called my house. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

What if we then used that as a cornerstone for something bigger, a whole children’s health initiative that might help parents avoid some of the pitfalls I’d experienced? Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I will only write, at present, of what befell in the conquest, and I will not write much, in order to avoid prolixity. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Henry reaches out to touch his shoulder, but Ronan leans just enough away to avoid it. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

It was hard to avoid the subject of the cub’s escape at school. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

To all the things I have avoided out of fear of getting sicker, only to find myself lying here anyway, about to go into another surgery I might not come out of. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“I did okay,” I said modestly, to avoid another insult. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

When we couldn’t avoid the subject of food any longer, I would remind the boys in my group of an old Dinka saying: “Hunger does not know nguik.” Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Woody ran after Wes to see what was going on, while White Boy ran back to his house to avoid getting in trouble. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I smiled at her, but she looked at me like I was someone to be avoided. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

As for us, the Handmaids and even the Marthas, we avoid illness. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

It got so I had to plan my whole life around avoiding him. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was thus difficult to avoid the disquieting thought that I was not accomplishing anything. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

The mailboxes were on the first floor, and for weeks Alex had avoided theirs, figuring the only mail they could possibly get was bills he didn’t know how to pay. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Pecola and I followed, making a wide arc to avoid the kitchen doorway. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bunderson wanted to avoid Dr. Strayer testifying to the jury that when a motorist is texting, or, for that matter, talking on the phone, they are unfocused and distracted. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

We roll across the studio, careful to avoid cords and wires, and enter the area where the competition will take place. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Obviously writers cannot avoid abbreviations and technical terms altogether. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Now returned, I avoid Bono as best I can, though his smoldering gaze often lingers upon me. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The two walked carefully, and they avoided the center of the town where some sleeper in a doorway might see them pass. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to avoid fishing with R.C. after that, but it was hard to say no to him when he asked. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

His filthy little friends told him there was a place, deep in an Albanian forest, that they avoided, where small animals like themselves had met their deaths by a dark shadow that possessed them. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The young man giggled and danced about in front of Ignatius to avoid the thrusts, his lithe movements making him a difficult target. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harris swung the putter and the girls jumped back to avoid the blow. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

But the moment his napkin goes from his lap to the table, I know there’s no avoiding what he refers to as a “Dad call-in.” Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

That’s why guidelines on how to avoid legalese and other turbid professional styles call for using first- and second-person pronouns, inverting passives into actives, and letting verbs be verbs rather than zombie nouns. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

To avoid getting caught, they used earphones, which were sold at exorbitant prices. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

We could avoid the main line of the retreat by keeping to the secondary roads beyond Udine. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Junior, Talloi, and I listened to rap music, trying to memorize the lyrics so that we could avoid thinking about the situation at hand. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I count the time between sweeps of the beams of light from the guard towers and sneak from trailer to trailer, trying to avoid detection and the consequences that come from breaking curfew. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“He avoids leaving the cages indoors overnight. His captured fairies spend at least part of every night outdoors.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

In the car, my dad drove like a mouse, scurrying down side streets to avoid any people we knew. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Finnick tells about the fog and the monkeys in a detached, almost clinical voice, avoiding the most important detail of the story. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“What we do is treason, make no mistake. Trust only your companions, and do your best to avoid attracting notice.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Harrison and I avoided each other after that and we rarely spoke. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is one place I have been avoiding. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Perhaps we are mistaken in our belief that at least occasional civilizations avoid self-destruction. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I managed to avoid the details of manure and grubs and composted guts. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“Ain’t no way to start these conversations, you get me? We don’t kill shanks like you here, I promise. Just try and avoid being killed, survive, whatever.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Chocolate and peanut butter—despite the fact that I do my best to avoid the intake of refined sugar—are a worthy combination. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

We avoid talking about caste in our society because we are ashamed of our racial history. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Then, to avoid blowing smoke on Daddy’s clean shirt, she’d draw her lips to the side to exhale. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

While he was carelul to avoid making a nuisance of his views, to adopt outside his realm an externally uncensoring manner, he enforced them within his family and among the employees at River Valley Farm. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I try to avoid talking about it as much as I can.” Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Calculus makes this relatively straightforward, but Newton deliberately avoided using calculus in his published proofs, realizing that his peers would not accept the calculations unless they were couched in familiar language. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Where arc lights could not be avoided, he said, they should be covered with white globes. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

She claimed to be an expert in combatting cold weather and in avoiding head colds. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

He avoids them, for they remind him too much of the way his parents choose to live, befriending people not so much because they like them, but because of a past they happen to share. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The scent carries like it did before, avoiding the road, avoiding any buildings we might see at a distance, but always onward, always toward Haven, only Aaron knows why. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

She did a quick maneuver to avoid a squirrel on the winding road. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He decided that the best way to avoid a scandal was to go out and meet it by throwing a spectacular affair. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

From this moment on, I knew I could no longer avoid actually understanding the helical theory. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

There’s only one way to avoid it, and I can’t say I much care for that option either. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Roy stepped gingerly to avoid making noise, for he didn’t want the hikers down below to hear him climbing. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maria Isabel is grateful to have a smuggler—partly because it means she can avoid the trains Enrique had to ride. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Under DACA, undocumented children who entered the United States before the age of sixteen would avoid deportation. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Not all negation words begin with n; many haye the concept of negation tucked inside them, such as few, little, least, seldom, though, rarely, instead, doubt, deny, refute, avoid, and ignore. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“You there, boy,” she called, avoiding my name, though she knew it perfectly well. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, I’d sit on top of the bus if I could, to avoid breathing the same air as him. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

What memories, I wonder, was Dr. Phil avoiding in not looking at me? Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Ten feet from Cedric, Harry dived behind a marble angel to avoid the jets of red light and saw the tip of its wing shatter as the spells hit it. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Much to his mother’s dismay, Velutha began to avoid going home. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, he cautioned, I must stay where I had been assigned and avoid attracting any attention. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

“Oh, no. I don’t have time,” I said, my eyes avoiding his. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although Dalton tried to avoid all honors, he was elected to the Royal Society against his wishes, showered with medals, and given a handsome government pension. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Soon, however, I figured out a new way to avoid those awful pills. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I avoid looking at the dog that might be sentenced to death. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

To understand long-ago Indian lives, one cannot avoid the accounts of the first literate people who saw them: European swashbucklers, fortune hunters, and missionaries. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I sit down on the couches with Hammie, trying to avoid Ren’s stare—but even then, I can feel his smugness directed at me. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He jerked to a stop and barely avoided spilling a tray of drinks onto a table of customers. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Staring not so much from maternal joy as from a wish to avoid seeing his legs dangling almost to the floor. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, every time I touch it, I’m careful to avoid the leather strings. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

At first I was puzzled and did not understand, and it was only when I bent my head to avoid the low swinging branch of a tree that I realised what had happened. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Traders avoided a grisly trip to a labor camp only by paying hard currency bribes. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

I hope he isn’t around when I have to run that maze, thought Ralph, darting around the fishbowl, trying to avoid that evil eye. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

I had been trying for two weeks to avoid sending his thoughts in the direction they had taken now. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I must avoid complex relationships—a troublesome lover or a troubled friend. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The three of us maneuver down into a valley of snow-covered stone, then weave up to avoid a sharp outcropping of rock. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I could tell they were all ashamed of themselves, avoiding my eyes, quiet as if Johnny were still there. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She took a different route, too, maybe to avoid running into James as much as to avoid those men if they were to come back. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

And she picked him up carefully, avoiding his spurs, and took him outside into the dark, where a loose piece of corrugated iron roofing was banging in the cold wind with a melancholy sound. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The only real problem which the wax children gave was that people had to avoid making fires too close to them, and of course they also had to work only at night. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

“Well, I have been avoiding cars and the river, just in case,” I joked back. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

But do we know enough about the sunlight that warmed them, the soil in which they put down the roots, and the rabbits and lumberjacks they were lucky enough to avoid? Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Celia takes a step into the room, ducking to avoid the strings that hang from the ceiling. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Better avoid being hit with it if you can. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to deal with more surprises or fights in the locker room, so I avoided it altogether. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Like most advice on style that is couched as a commandment rather than an explanation, the flat directive to avoid negations is almost useless. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

One of the worst incidents was witnessed by the distinguished black author and historian Carter G. Woodson, as he hid in the shadows of a storefront to avoid an approaching white mob. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

I fill her in on Mama’s rules about tap water and street food, and how we managed to avoid getting sick the whole time. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“Tell the story, Con,” she said lightly, but she avoided his gaze. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

There was no way to avoid meeting him on certain occasions. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

You swerved to avoid a squirrel and almost crashed into the brick wall in front of Tony’s Pizza. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I was determined to avoid Erik and Arthur, so I ducked under the bleachers. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It galloped past so close I leapt backward on tiptoe, flush with the canvas to avoid being impaled on one of its crooked horns. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I avoided going into my mother’s room now; merely to look at her was painful. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I nodded in silence, avoiding even a whisper. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

In a hurry to meet Nancy, Linda had only a cup of coffee, pecked her children good-bye, and, avoiding Bloom’s eyes, she hurried out the door. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered how I was going to avoid him. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I avoid looking at him directly, but I catch a glimpse of his reflection in one of the shiny control consoles along the wall. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

And my brothers wore such serious faces that I was sure something was at stake that was greater than avoiding the tradesmen’s door to Hong Sing’s. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He found that by breathing deeply, he avoided gasping as the water rose around his chest. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

When I was with my father and his friends I wouldn’t drink, simply so I could avoid it. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hadn’t spoken to me since our fight; she’d been avoiding me at school. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

He must try to avoid him and rely on his claws. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Then why did you avoid me after—after ... the hospital?” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to avoid fights with Richard, especially the kind that ended with the two of us rolling on the floor, him pulling my hair, me dragging my fingernails through the softness of his face. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Actually, I didn’t have to avoid him because I didn’t see or hear him anywhere. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Her heart tugged as she thought of the one thing she’d been trying to avoid thinking about all night: Poppy. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Here I was heading off to the very same kind of job I’d left Iowa to avoid. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Driving along a canyon road about two miles from the house, Frankie saw a large rock in his path and swerved to avoid it. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not yet. To be honest, it’s been hard to talk about this with anyone. I keep finding ways to avoid the subject with Esperanza, and I usually tell her everything, Mama.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I’d wander around the neighborhood paranoid, avoiding everyone I knew until the high wore off. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I draw a girl with arms that reach up to the clouds, but all the clouds avoid her because she's made of night and not day. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

If you could hold your nose to avoid a stink, or close your eyes to cut out a sight, why not shut off your brain to avoid a thought? Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He shook his head violently to free himself, and Miss Rachel stepped back to avoid the spray of water. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Classic style is not the same as the common but unhelpful advice to “avoid abstraction.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z