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The phrase "avoid pity" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when advising someone to refrain from feeling or expressing sympathy or compassion towards another person, often in a context where pity may be seen as condescending or unhelpful.
Example: "In difficult situations, it's important to avoid pity and instead offer genuine support and understanding."
Alternatives: "steer clear of sympathy" or "refrain from compassion".
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Yet he manages to avoid pity or voyeurism when looking at these stygian settlers.
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Is there a relationship that has defined you? *Don't be afraid of humor, but avoid a pity party.
A denial doesn't feel good, and it's often hard to avoid self-pity.
Updike writes poems, one senses, because the control of rhyme and line is somehow soothing; the poems avoid self-pity and mawkishness because rhyme and poetic form restrict them.
I also will avoid the pity-the-poor-intern statuses.
Whatever you do, avoid the pity-party scenario this Valentine's Day.
They champion Hurston because she was black and proud, but they ignore the part where she said, "Proud enough to avoid self-pity".
Something you could avoid, maybe even pity".
The spiritual attitude involved a certain emotional asceticism that enabled one to avoid feelings of pity for one's victims.
When I asked people on my Facebook page about what they could do to avoid throwing a pity party on Valentine's Day, here's what some had to say: "Spa treatments always make me feel special".
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