The phrase "a lifetime of avoiding" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe a long period during which someone has consistently evaded or stayed away from something.
Example: "After a lifetime of avoiding confrontation, she finally decided to speak her mind."
Alternatives: "an eternity of evasion" or "years of dodging".
"After a lifetime of avoiding intimacy," she writes, "suddenly I got intimate in a big way".
And because he's a journalist, McKibben knew from the beginning that he will write about training and competing after a lifetime of avoiding sports.
Page 1 Sunday Styles DRAWN INTO THE PUBLIC EYE AFTER A LIFETIME IN PRIVATE After a lifetime of avoiding notice, Bunny Mellon, 101, finds herself thrust into the unwelcome limelight of the trial of John Edwards, who is accused of illegally using $725,000 she gave him to hide his mistress at the height of the 2008 presidential campaign.
The decision came after a series of deeply personal and political conversations, in which Ms. Kennedy, who friends describe as unflashy but determined, wrestled with whether to give up what has been a lifetime of avoiding the spotlight.
I also had made the mistake of taking on responsibility for my son's high school band jazz website (on the misguided assumption that, after a lifetime of avoiding any commitment to volunteering in any way at all, it was time for me to "give back" to the musical organization that had given so much to my son).
Children should not have low back pain, and a lifetime of suffering could be avoided with timely and appropriate care.
The difference it will make to her life could be huge - avoiding a lifetime of medication, social stigma and worries about whether to tell friends and family.
Others want to avoid a lifetime of battling hair.
It could go a long way to help women avoid a lifetime of grief and regret.
In a lifetime of throwing, Quantrill has always avoided the damage.
In exchange, students would receive tuition breaks to help them avoid a lifetime of financial debt.
