avoider

Example Sentences

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"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

My mother is an ardent egg avoider and a true blue brunch hater, so that hasn't been the case for us — but that is neither here nor there!

From Salon • May 11, 2023

I am a lifelong avoider of cruise ships.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 29, 2020

If your partner is an avoider, don’t give up trying to connect.

From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2018

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