wide berth

Example Sentences

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If I wanted to invest in emerging markets right now, I’d buy small amounts of several of those and give the indexes and broad emerging-markets funds a wide berth.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 6, 2026

Yet there is one banner day on the American calendar that I have always given a wide berth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

I would have given wide berth to the man we spotted across the street, who was swaying slightly and holding onto a corner fence post as if for support.

From Salon • Nov. 2, 2024

But it sounds like Ridley Scott gave you a wide berth to interpret Josephine?

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 29, 2023

It’s a long walk through the woods, longer because I give the encampments of the Folk here for the coronation a wide berth.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black