Sentence examples for fire to avoid from inspiring English sources

I thought that it was so shameful we live in a world where an 11-year-old Afghan girl lights herself on fire to avoid getting married.

You would walk through fire to avoid holding the party at the local fast-food joint, yet you don't feel up to leading games for 20 shrieking children.

Now, when the temperature plummets to -55C, men are known to do strange things, including, as Gold Rush poems suggest, set themselves on fire to avoid dying of cold.

The fish is suspended in a broad circle far enough from the fire to avoid scorching and roasted very, very slowly until the flesh is crispy brown on the outside and still white and juicy inside.

She fired three rounds the following day, but had to cease fire to avoid hitting friendly advancing troops.

Yesterday, we heard the news of the Yazidi teenager who set herself on fire to avoid rape by ISIS soldiers.

Mr. Abbas has sought a cease-fire to avoid using force against Hamas, believing he lacks political support for that move before he makes any substantive gains in talks with Israel.

Its drivers routinely took roundabout routes to fires to avoid even slight inclines or traffic lights that might stall their momentum.

Gunners aimed by sighting along the top of the barrel, or "by the line of metals," then stepped away before firing to avoid the recoil.

Dreier is now suing Ms. Regan, saying that she fired the firm to avoid paying her legal fees, including a portion of her settlement.

In recent years, federal land agencies have been training their fire crews to avoid fire traps where they would be forced to use their shelters.