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Discover LudwigThe phrase "avoid speaking" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when advising someone to refrain from talking or to keep silent in a particular situation.
Example: "In sensitive discussions, it is often best to avoid speaking until you have fully understood the context."
Alternatives: "refrain from talking" or "stay silent.".
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"We avoid speaking if we can.
Back stateside Roosevelt made a concerted effort to avoid speaking ill of Taft.
He was so shy he would cross the road to avoid speaking to you.
But delinquent youths are more often embarrassed by their parents' foreign ways, and avoid speaking Vietnamese.
Nervous public officials — prime assassination targets of the insurgents — avoid speaking the group's name or blaming it.
Intrigued but nervous, she called his office at night and left a phone message, to avoid speaking directly to him.
REBOUNDS GLEN RICE of the Knicks said he would not avoid speaking to Lakers Coach PHIL JACKSON on Sunday.
You avoid speaking up in class or at work, fearful you'll embarrass yourself, and the prospect of going to a party inspires dread.
Mentions Radio Marti, which Mas has influence over, and which he uses to avoid speaking of Sanchez, for fear of creating a rival in Cuba.
Mr Coulson's successor, Craig Oliver, is a former television journalist who does not think newspapers terribly important and tries to avoid speaking to them.
He has often been called a populist, and lately he's taken pains to deny the label, although he also tries to avoid speaking it aloud.
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