Sentence examples for avoid preferring from inspiring English sources

THERE is a four-letter word that many home decorators take pains to avoid, preferring, if a certain matter must be disclosed, a euphemism.

Its an area most fitness apps have avoided, preferring to concentrate on tracking runs and cycling for instance.

But we avoid Boeing, preferring Honeywell International instead.

The Wooster Group has traditionally avoided Shakespeare, preferring works with more contemporary language.

There's force in her voice, but mostly she avoids it, preferring the saccharine.

A competitive skier and sailor, he avoided elevators, preferring to take stairs two at a time well into his 80s.

Finally, sperm competition can be avoided by preferring to mate with virgin females.

First, Vogt, Schnaitmann et al. showed that flies could be trained to avoid or prefer a visual cue (coloured lights).

They also avoid growth companies, preferring to dig up firms valued at less than their assets.

The northern pocket gopher avoids forests, preferring a diet rich in forbs, and living in deep light soils.

The designer said she avoids "flat fabrics," preferring "something with depth, you can light it better".