Sentence examples for conversations to avoid from inspiring English sources

She's still functionally fluent, and is happy to chat to fellow leader Vladimir Putin socially in Russian, though the pair use an interpreter once they move to formal diplomatic conversations to avoid little misunderstandings – that's how wars start, after all.

Here are three examples of specific conversations to avoid.

I paraphrased the entire conversation to avoid a wing-nut storm of outrage from both sides.

Find a way to graciously exit the conversation to avoid awkwardness.

Make sure you are both sitting down and looking at each other to have the conversation to avoid distractions.

Ask questions and encourage free answers throughout the conversation to avoid being the one dominating every topic in the meeting.

This being said, if you barely know someone, it can be a good idea to have an excuse for starting a conversation to avoid awkwardness.

Members of The Base often refer to having conversations elsewhere, to avoid open text chats on things that could garner a federal crime like bomb making.

And Mr. Axelrod, Mr. Strautmanis and Pete Rouse — the president's senior adviser, who is considered Mr. McClellan's crowning achievement, having overhauled his diet and lost 20 pounds since his early, reluctant days — are the whiners who crack jokes and make conversation, anything to avoid sweating.

And it takes a willingness to see stark differences in belief as a reason to begin the conversation, not to avoid it.

"I feel like I'm constantly navigating a minefield, trying to respond appropriately to conversation, trying to avoid saying anything dumb, trying to convey things as clearly as they are in my head.