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The phrase "avoids speaking" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone who deliberately refrains from talking or expressing their thoughts verbally.
Example: "During the meeting, she often avoids speaking, preferring to listen and take notes instead."
Alternatives: "refrains from talking" or "shies away from conversation.".
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He generally avoids speaking to reporters and being photographed.
He also avoids speaking on his cellphone with clients when traveling.
To help hide his condition at the office, he avoids speaking on the phone.
"But disabled people should try not to take it personally when someone avoids speaking to them.
Ms. Chan guards her privacy and, so far, avoids speaking to the media unless it serves Mr. Zuckerberg's career.
ADDIS ABAB 00001318 004 OF 004 Getachew avoids speaking with foreigners and few foreigners really know him.
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"We avoid speaking if we can.
The New Yorker called him "dauntingly articulate," and people learned to avoid speaking after him.
Back stateside Roosevelt made a concerted effort to avoid speaking ill of Taft.
The industry has recently avoided speaking out on a role for the F.D.A.
He was so shy he would cross the road to avoid speaking to you.
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