Sentence examples for electing to skip from inspiring English sources

REBOUNDS Stephon Marbury traveled with the team to Detroit, electing to skip his aunt's funeral today.

Movieguide elected to skip it.

Some doctors let their patients decide whether to be screened, and some men elect to skip the whole thing.

When Dr. Paul A. Offit published "Autism's False Prophets" in 2008, he elected to skip the usual round of book signings.

At times it feels as though Eastwood has elected to skip the contest and proceed straight to the trophy presentation.

Several women, forewarned of our visit, had elected to skip class, so that when we arrived we outnumbered the students two to one.

Farah elected to skip Portland in order to run the world half marathon in Cardiff on Easter Saturday, while Ennis-Hill has missed the indoor season altogether.

Significantly, the actor said he elected to skip the most recent Potter premiere party in favour of watching "the Discovery Channel... [with] a bowl of Sugar Puffs".

Bode Miller has elected to skip the remaining portion of the World Cup season, along with the world championships, to give his surgically repaired left knee more time to heal.

The 30-year-old Ljubicic, who took Roger Federer's place in the tournament after the world No. 1 elected to skip his usual Australian Open warm-up, was philosophical about the loss, despite having spent most of the time between points frowning with his head bowed.

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