Thesaurus / avoid
FEEDBACKHow to use avoid in a sentence
The executive wondered whether his employer could prevent him from taking the trip, or if he’d have to avoid returning to the office afterward.
33 STATES HAVE INSTITUTED POST-TRAVEL COVID QUARANTINES—POSING A DILEMMA FOR EXECUTIVESJEFFJULY 23, 2020FORTUNEI then made a line of small piles of ricotta stuffing, before folding over the pasta and squeezing out air pockets to avoid the raviolis bursting in the boiling water.
WITH FOOD TOURISM IN CRISIS, VIRTUAL PASTA AND PAELLA COURSES TAKE OFFBERNHARD WARNERJULY 18, 2020FORTUNEBecause of coronavirus fears, many people have switched to using credit cards and mobile payments to avoid handling money.
WHY IS THERE A COIN SHORTAGE IN THE U.S.?DANIELLE ABRILJULY 18, 2020FORTUNEThe state has released about 10,000 inmates early to avoid crowding because of the pandemic, and another 8,000 could be released by August.
CALIFORNIA IS FACING A WILDFIRE FIGHTER SHORTAGE BECAUSE PRISONERS ARE GETTING SICK WITH COVIDNICOLE GOODKINDJULY 15, 2020FORTUNEFor example, it can allow households to avoid home foreclosure, evictions and car repossession.
BANKRUPTCY COURTS ILL-PREPARED FOR TSUNAMI OF PEOPLE GOING BROKE FROM CORONAVIRUS SHUTDOWNLGBTQ-EDITORJULY 12, 2020NO STRAIGHT NEWSWalkers and joggers politely cross the street to avoid proximity to each other.
ARE WE ALL OCD NOW, WITH OBSESSIVE HAND-WASHING AND TECHNOLOGY ADDICTION?LGBTQ-EDITORJUNE 15, 2020NO STRAIGHT NEWSHe had not estimated that if Jean Baptiste sought his wife secretly, it must have been because he wished to avoid him.
THE HOMESTEADEROSCAR MICHEAUXBut I always suspected it was a stratagem on his part to avoid playing, and that nothing really ailed him.
MUSIC-STUDY IN GERMANYAMY FAYBut it was my only chance then; or rather I had seen enough of business to avoid making mistakes when I could.
ANCESTORSGERTRUDE ATHERTONShe stopped, and turned to face him, an incredible shyness seeming to cause her to avoid his gaze.
ST. MARTIN'S SUMMERRAFAEL SABATINIWORDS RELATED TO AVOID
- avoid
- baffle
- balk
- beat around bush
- beg the question
- bypass
- cavil
- circumvent
- conceal
- confuse
- cop out
- deceive
- decline
- dodge
- double
- duck
- elude
- equivocate
- escape
- eschew
- fence
- fend off
- flee
- fly
- fudge
- get around
- give the runaround
- hedge
- hide
- keep distance
- lay low
- lead on a merry chase
- lie
- parry
- pass up
- pretend
- prevaricate
- pussyfoot
- put off
- shift
- shirk
- shuck
- shuffle
- shun
- shy
- sidestep
- slip out
- sneak away
- steer clear of
- tergiversate
- trick
- waffle
- weasel
- anticipate
- apprehend
- avoid
- be afraid
- be anxious
- be apprehensive
- be disquieted
- be frightened
- be in awe
- blanch
- break out in a sweat
- cower
- crouch
- dare not
- dread
- expect
- falter
- feel concern
- flinch
- foresee
- fret
- have butterflies
- have qualms
- lose courage
- quail
- quaver
- shrink
- shudder
- shun
- shy
- start
- suspect
- tremble
- wilt
- worry
- anticipating
- apprehending
- avoiding
- be disquieting
- being afraid
- being anxious
- being apprehensive
- being frightened
- being in awe
- blanching
- breaking out in a sweat
- cowering
- crouching
- daring not
- dreading
- expecting
- faltering
- feeling concern
- flinching
- foreseeing
- fretting
- having butterflies
- having qualms
- losing courage
- quailing
- quavering
- shrinking
- shuddering
- shunning
- shying
- starting
- suspecting
- trembling
- wilting
- worrying
- anticipates
- apprehends
- avoids
- be disquiets
- blanches
- breaks out in a sweat
- cowers
- crouches
- dares not
- dreads
- expects
- falters
- feels concern
- flinches
- foresees
- frets
- has butterflies
- has qualms
- is afraid
- is anxious
- is apprehensive
- is frightened
- is in awe
- loses courage
- quails
- quavers
- shies
- shrinks
- shudders
- shuns
- starts
- suspects
- trembles
- wilts
- worries
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