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Discover LudwigThe phrase "avoided touching" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where someone deliberately refrains from making physical contact with someone or something.
Example: "During the tense meeting, she avoided touching the documents on the table, fearing they might reveal too much."
Alternatives: "steered clear of contact" or "refrained from touching.".
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They spoke in a monotone, remained expressionless, and avoided touching the child.
She avoided touching the hairy, egg-shaped kiwis and the wormlike string beans, but she liked to stroke the feathery bunches of dill and parsley and squeeze the artichokes, which felt like soft pine cones.
And even when rejecting the new book, most of the 542 school boards across the country have strenuously avoided touching upon the nub of the controversy: its overt effort to sanitize Japan's past.
Let's just say we avoided touching it as it was obviously her lover.
During sample processing, in addition to routine PCR precautions, we always wore double disposable gloves and frequently changed them as well as avoided touching anything except pipettes and used aliquoted reagents.
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And avoid touching or spilling it.
The safe bet was to avoid touching any of them.
It was business as usual, although they managed to avoid touching or looking at one another.
Should women and children avoid touching till receipts?
The climber moves by adjusting his or her climbing posture to avoid touching the electric lines.
Everyone agrees that one who avoids touching a hot stove in part to avoid the awful pain has some reason to avoid touching the stove.
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