Sentence examples for a hit to avoid from inspiring English sources

They needed a hit to avoid ignominy and they never got it.

Smith pointed out another risk: "Prisoners will smash a whole hit to avoid detection".

Smith pointed out another risk: "prisoners will smash a whole hit to avoid detection".

One television spot shows United States women's bobsledders stopping short, as they fly down a hill, to avoid hitting a rabbit.

Convincing private holders of Greek bonds to voluntarily accept later repayment could be difficult and require costly guarantees to avoid a hit to banks.

Jonathan Weil of Bloomberg News points out that Citigroup has no legal obligation to make up losses in the specialized investment vehicles — SIVs — it set up, but some analysts think it will do so to avoid a hit to its reputation.

It was careful to structure WaMu's sale so that it avoids a hit to the fund.

The difficulty with breaking the carry trade habit is that you have to take a sure hit now to avoid the possibility of a bigger one later.

We chose an one-hit model instead of a two-hit model to avoid the interference of an additional source of inflammation.

The defense attorney David Rudolf said in his opening statement that Watkins killed Adams on his own, not because Carruth paid for a hit in order to avoid having to pay child support.

The aim is not to hit, but to avoid missing.