Sentence examples for attempting to dodge from inspiring English sources

One of his fellow officers threw the ball at Comey in an effort to get him out; Comey fractured his ankle while attempting to dodge it.

Kevin Smith, a spokesman for Mr. Boehner, said, "Instead of attempting to dodge responsibility, John Brennan and this administration should focus on fixing the near-catastrophic intelligence breakdown that failed to prevent this attack".

In this alternative game (Project Housing Crisis?) wealthy property magnates would be able to vicariously experience the life of an impoverished renter, attempting to dodge rent hikes and the threat of eviction while saving up for a deposit.

J. Kockelmans (1985, pp. 126-32) implicitly acknowledges the force of this criticism by attempting to dodge it, claiming that Heidegger is not in fact describing Van Gogh's painting but only using it as a phenomenological jumping off point to evoke the entirely different shoes of the farmers with which he was familiar.

Dramatic video taken at the park shows at least two bears attempting to dodge the falling ice as the hail bombards their open enclosure and swimming pool.

One, an old Medicaid law is clashing with the new Obamacare law; and two, there is the historic problem of HMOs attempting to dodge their commitments to patients, a near universal complaint of any HMO enrollee.

As Bobby and Christian attempted to dodge a fallen tree, their boat wedged itself squarely between two rocks.

INDIA'S banking industry is a land of state-owned zombies, shared by a handful of little private banks that attempt to dodge their footfalls.

And while the US government attempts to dodge accountability, it was also revealed that Brazil's government has also been spying on the US and other countries' leaders.

Barr has reversed his position on medical marijuana, but earlier this year when Sean Hannity, of Fox News, asked him, "So if a state wants to legalize heroin and crack, you're O.K. with that?" Barr attempted to dodge the question.

He also said buy-to-let landlords who attempt to dodge tax on a property sale by making it their primary residence for a period before selling would be targeted.