I'm decidedly in the latter category, but I think that those who look with disdain at the very notion of action — even frivolous and artificial superhero movies — in favor of purely intellectual adventure are avoiding a glimpse at the physical training, skill, and danger on which depends much of what matters in the world.
Though it pains you to do so, avert your eyes from the door to avoid catching a glimpse of me when I'm indisposed.
Together, the women profiled ordinary people whose legal battles had shaped constitutional rights, avoiding even a glimpse of Ms. Kennedy's personal views — even on privacy, the subject of their second book, which made almost no mention of Ms. Kennedy's own struggles with paparazzi and gossip columnists.
An architecturally minded driver faces the obstacle of going slowly enough to catch a glimpse but fast enough to avoid a rear-end disaster.
Avoiding a straightforward, linear approach, Wilson gives us lightning glimpses of the rapidly changing Megan.
The glimpses suggested how improbable is another outcome that Mr. Bush has said would avoid a war -- an assassination of Mr. Hussein by insiders, or a military coup.
Still, as much as Selig avoided questions, he seemed to give a glimpse into his thought process when he talked about the role of the commissioner.
Worldly necessities like food would be dropped periodically by the retreat center's staff at the end of a path, 75 yards away, to avoid his glimpsing another human being.
By amplifying those dissonances I had initially avoided, I might fashion a mirror to reflect a glimpse of the past, the present and the future.
The review offers a glimpse at a phone that avoids the traps set by most carriers.
