Sentence examples for avoided us from inspiring English sources

"Honestly, it just seemed like people avoided us afterward.

We were holding our breath constantly; people avoided us because we were angry; our family got worn out by the level of despair and pain we were feeling".

We perched in small cafes, holding hands while the waiter discreetly avoided us, knowing his tip would be large, as all possibility is at the onset of love.

Over the past 20 years Amazon has largely avoided US federal taxation by managing its books to avoid reporting any meaningful profits.

"We were rejected by the white population of South Africa because of our Asian origins," says Issa, "and the black population avoided us because of our white skin".

In a memorandum filed in the Seattle case, tax inspectors claim that when Amazon weighed up the costs and benefits of implementing the scheme, its finance staff "did not quantify any benefits other than avoided US corporate income taxes".

They were deployed following the last-minute plan by which Assad's government avoided US-led military strikes by offering to give up all its stocks of chemical weapons.

But avoiding us was not difficult.

"They were avoiding us," he said.

"They started to avoid us," he said.

Our no-show next-door neighbor has been avoiding us.