Sentence examples for but managed to avoid from inspiring English sources

James kept driving to the basket but managed to avoid a lot of contact.

He left with the Orioles down, 4-1, but managed to avoid a third straight loss.

The ostriches were a little flustered, but managed to avoid trampling their fellow traveler.

The Brewers allowed the Nationals to keep chipping away at the big margin but managed to avoid a three-game sweep.

Coulthard spun his McLaren-Mercedes early in the session but managed to avoid stalling its engine and was able to continue the session to good effect.

He was discovered by the Gestapo in 1944 but managed to avoid arrest, meanwhile founding the Mouvement Républicain Populaire, a Christian-Democratic Party.

Like that time I noted the damage that single-parent families can have on children, but managed to avoiding noting the systemic cover up of child abuse within the Catholic Church.

She is intensely private and self-disciplined but manages to avoid being labelled obsessive and appears both candid and forthright.

In the course of one short summer night, Bertie suffers a succession of humiliations but manages to avoid getting engaged to the wrong girl.

He certainly exudes verbal energy – I could have got through an hour-long interview with just a handful of questions – but manages to avoid being either overbearing or arrogant.

She slashed to $2 million the $2.7 million budget, counting paper clips but managing to avoid layoffs; created new programming, like the clublike Uptown Nights series to bring in a younger crowd; and paired up with groups like Jazzmobile, Black Documentary Collective, the Columbia Harlem Jazz Project and Classical Theater of Harlem to share costs and income.