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Discover LudwigThe phrase "avoids looking" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing someone or something that deliberately does not engage in visual observation or scrutiny.
Example: "She avoids looking at the mess in her room, hoping it will clean itself."
Alternatives: "steers clear of seeing" or "shuns observing".
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Imagine walking into a room and someone avoids looking at you.
And though it's a long time since this was all over she still avoids looking me in the eye.
At its core the film is a small domestic drama that sketches in the society surrounding its characters but avoids looking into the shadows just outside the frame.
She always avoids looking into the waiting room on her way out in case she catches sight of yet another newspaper headline vilifying GPs.
With a long low rear window, the Panamera avoids looking like a lower-riding version of the Cayenne, which has been much scorned by sports car enthusiasts.
While the facades appear like cutouts, with the character of a stage set, the building avoids looking flimsy by using heavily textured, biscuity brickwork.
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They avoided looking at me.
They avoided looking at one another.
A few, still unnerved, avoid looking outside.
I avoid looking at the horizon entirely".
"Why?" He avoided looking at me. "I cannot do it".
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