avoider

Example Sentences

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Though I am often an avoider of scary films, Eggers’ impressive command of the medium, his delicately shocking sensibility and his determination to get maximum effect with minimal explicitness has won me over.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2024

In the biography, it is detailed that Carson is a long-time avoider of funerals.

From Salon • Nov. 5, 2024

"We’re allowing somebody to come in and be a tax avoider, essentially," the Superdry boss said.

From BBC • Sep. 25, 2024

"Over time, we hope to see that initiatives that create new habitat support not just urban tolerant species, but also our urban avoider species."

From Science Daily • May 29, 2024

Bloodhounds are like that, Jimmy says, they avoid a disturbance; Faithful is a very good avoider, Jimmy says.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, June 14, 1916 by Various