Sentence examples for and sought to avoid from inspiring English sources

Many soldiers and police officers did not carry weapons, and sought to avoid using force.

The jumpy American populace of that era stayed out of crowded places and sought to avoid trips to major cities.

He typically relied on quick maneuvers and sought to avoid unnecessary battles, husbanding his forces to strike at the proper moment.

After his retreats on selling England's public forests and the Government's NHS reforms, the Prime Minister saw climbdowns as a sign of weakness and sought to avoid them.

She thought it unfortunate that so many women wrote "out of a decorative impulse" and sought to avoid wasting her own talents on mere "literary needlework".

And for us in Britain this will pose a sharp, for some deeply uncomfortable, choice that we have hoped and sought to avoid.

Connecticut's legislation calls for tight regulation and seeks to avoid disagreements with the federal government.

The managerial power ethic favors collective leadership and seeks to avoid risk.

I lean toward activities that make me happy, and seek to avoid, to the extent practicable, those that don't.

The statement did not mention Iraq's claims of two dead, but said allied airstrikes "do not target civilian populations or infrastructure" and seek to avoid civilian casualties.

He said that if Private Manning had not been selective and seeking to avoid harm, he would have leaked much more — like reports from confidential sources.