1 They had not met since the day of the Van Osburgh wedding, and on his side the avoidance had been intentional.
2 No one referred to it, and this tacit avoidance of the subject kept it in the immediate foreground of consciousness.
3 Selden's avoidance of Miss Bart had not been as unintentional as he had allowed his cousin to think.
4 "I beg your pardon," offered Edna, in some embarrassment, for she should have remembered that Mademoiselle Reisz's avoidance of the water had furnished a theme for much pleasantry.
5 I have never, but in your presence, interchanged a word with him from that time; then, only when it has been necessary for the avoidance of this explanation.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContext Highlight In CHAPTER 45. MR. DICK FULFILS MY AUNT'S PREDICTIONS 6 Yet I felt tolerably sure of the avoidance.
7 Only once did they meet anyone, and then they managed to slip into a field, and so avoid recognition.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER IV. A FLIGHT FOR LIFE 8 But Squealer counselled them to avoid rash actions and trust in Comrade Napoleon's strategy.
9 It had been prolonged to avoid attention.
10 No gentleman but wishes to avoid a scene, says he.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis StevensonContext Highlight In CHAPTER STORY OF THE DOOR 11 Sissy recommended that, to avoid making inquiries and attracting attention in the town, they should present themselves to pay at the door.
12 Let me use my authority as a leech," answered Rebecca, "and enjoin you to keep silence, and avoid agitating reflections, whilst I apprize you of what you desire to know.
13 She drew herself into an attitude not of defiance, but of resolution, as one that would avoid provoking assault, yet was resolute to repel it, being offered, to the utmost of her power.
14 To avoid her aunt, and look for him, she went out.
15 She began then to be afraid of appearing rude and impatient; and walked to meet them with a great anxiety to avoid the suspicion.