The phrase "avoid intruding" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the importance of respecting others' personal space or privacy in various contexts, such as social situations or communication.
Example: "When visiting someone’s home, it’s important to avoid intruding on their personal space."
Alternatives: "steer clear of imposing" or "refrain from encroaching".
Indeed, many Vietnamese found the timing of Mr Li's arrival rather offensive and thought that he should have postponed it to avoid intruding on their grief.
The F.A.A., which has been working since 1999 to reduce "runway incursions" like the recent incidents, had already decided to require 73 airports to add paint to make it clearer to pilots where they would have to stop to avoid intruding on runways.
It was thus important for the research team to utilize existing social networks and avoid intruding into respondents' lives directly.
Rabbinic sources stress that before entering a home, even one's own home, one must take steps like knocking, calling out, or clearing one's throat, to avoid intruding on someone's privacy.
Many other fish and invertebrate species undergo vertical and horizontal habitat displacements to avoid intruding low DO bottom water (e.g., [9], [51], [52]).
Culture secretary John Whittingdale has declared himself in favour of curtailing the BBC's online news service in order to avoid it intruding on turf traditionally trodden by local and regional newspapers.
It is important to note that the community leaders who could help identify married daughters and their mothers were not involved in the actual selection of the FGD participants in order to avoid their subjectivity intruding into the selection criteria.
Still others argue that we must begin our philosophical work with detailed understanding of the texture and specificity of a case, avoiding the temptation to intrude general principles or theories into the analysis.
The proposed line does indeed avoid most of Osborne's constituency, though it intrudes on its northern edge, not least when it comes to the village of Pickmere.
The two musicians headed straight for the store's basement in order to avoid the crush of fans and not to intrude on what Dylan thought ought to be entirely the Beats' occasion.
That's what I love about raising my children here, it's that they can't avoid so many aspects of the world... the world constantly intrudes upon them.
