CIRCUMVENT in a Sentence

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1. I was circumventing Kurtz as though it had been a boyish game.
2. The company opened an account abroad, in order to circumvent the tax laws.
3. Ships were registered abroad to circumvent employment and safety regulation.
4. In order to circumvent the enemy, we will make two preliminary attacks in other sections before starting our major campaign.

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 Meanings and Examples of CIRCUMVENT
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
circumvent
 v.  surround an enemy; enclose or entrap; beat by cleverness and wit
Classic Sentence:
1  The sense that he was watched, that craft was employed to circumvent his errant tastes, added piquancy to a journey so entirely sentimental, so long as the danger was of no fearful sort.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: 4 Rough Coercion Is Employed
2  I had to watch the steering, and circumvent those snags, and get the tin-pot along by hook or by crook.
Heart of Darkness By Joseph Conrad
Context  Highlight   In II
3  I was circumventing Kurtz as though it had been a boyish game.
Heart of Darkness By Joseph Conrad
Context  Highlight   In III
4  They were in possession of other indications; they laid hand on the three prowlers, and supposed that they had circumvented some one or other of Brujon's machinations.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER II—EMBRYONIC FORMATION OF CRIMES IN THE INCUBATIO...
Example Sentence:
1  The company opened an account abroad, in order to circumvent the tax laws.
2  Ships were registered abroad to circumvent employment and safety regulation.
3  In order to circumvent the enemy, we will make two preliminary attacks in other sections before starting our major campaign.
4  The game had a single inviolable rule: obstacles were to be overcome, not circumvented.