Sentence examples similar to I avoid confronting from inspiring English sources

As a novelist who considers New York his proper subject, I didn't see how I could avoid confronting the most important and traumatic event in the history of the city, unless I wanted to write historical novels.

"It was an unspeakable mistake to think that I could avoid confronting a past that I wanted to consider behind me.

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I self-medicated at least in part to avoid confronting the pain of my assault.

To avoid confronting her pain so directly, I kneeled down to the height of her little kids to remind them gently that they have such a strong mother, and they should always remember this.

Last year, I tried to find out why so many adults ignore underage drinking, and why we avoid confronting the grown-up who serves alcohol to our teenage kids, or who fails to shut down the beer pong in the basement.

This allows politicians to avoid confronting their true record.

Historically, though, opera tended to avoid confronting the technological head-on.

But many football fans avoid confronting this central aspect of the game.

He was declared insane to avoid confronting how deep into society the xenophobic ideology went.

In many companies, ambitious executives may try to avoid confronting sensitive issues or making waves.