Sentence examples for I sought to avoid from inspiring English sources

I sought to avoid goal setting because I didn't want my enjoyment of this independent pursuit to become comparative or contingent on performing well.

Although I seek to avoid categorisation of my books, slipstream can be a useful identifier.

Other candidate topics illustrate what I seek to avoid.

An important caveat: As public editor, I have sought to avoid evaluating opinion articles because I haven't found a universally acceptable yardstick for measuring what is good opinion and what is bad.

Striding purposefully in that direction, I was suddenly confronted by the very thing I had sought to avoid: the Official Restaurant of the Olympic Games, which rose up before me like some kind of mystic tabernacle, albeit one smelling of deep-fried food.

After all, I was one of them, but until now I always sought to avoid them because they reminded me of myself.

I have sought to avoid unnecessary complication while putting emphasis on the key interrelationships among the present decision, future choices, and the intervening uncertainties.

Pedro I unsuccessfully sought to avoid bloodshed by offering to placate the rebels.

The invisibility I feared and sought to avoid was only enhanced instead.

Outside powers sought to avoid entangling alliances.

Mr. Barak sought to avoid a rematch with Mr. Netanyahu.