Sentence examples for avoided picking up from inspiring English sources

Most of the drivers said they avoided picking up people trying to wave them down, a common but exceedingly dangerous practice in certain neighborhoods.

How can the taxpayer avoid picking up the cost of an investment bank?

Bottom line: Don't expect your hotel costs to be covered; legally, the airlines have created lots of loopholes to avoid picking up the bill.

It had gone from being the future to the slightly worn out past, and it helped it avoid picking up any of that.

Pack sanitising hand gel and use it often to stand the best chance of avoiding picking up a bug along the way.

Khalid Shafi, a yellow-cab driver, said he didn't charge more than usual, but tried to avoid picking up the obviously obliterated.

Men are more likely than women to avoid picking up a book, with 11% of men and 5% of women surveyed saying they never read for pleasure.

Five or 10 years ago, airlines paid for hotels and meals more readily, but these days cash-strapped carriers largely try to avoid picking up such charges, even when the cancellation is the airline's fault.

Days would pass and I'd grit my teeth to avoid picking up the phone, like an addict in rehab; it felt as if toxins were slowly leaving my body.

To position himself carefully and avoid picking up any unneeded scar tissue, members of the party have been counseling Mr. Kean to seek a committee chairmanship rather than a Senate majority leadership role should Republicans win the Senate.

Nearby schools went into lockdown as officers from the Heavener Police Department, LeFlore County Sheriff's Office and Oklahoma Highway Patrol combed the area for the missing man and warned residents to lock their doors, be watchful for strangers and avoid picking up any hitchhikers.