Sentence examples for had avoided speaking from inspiring English sources

You report (news article, April 11) that Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani said after a women's event that he had avoided speaking about women's issues, suggesting that doing so would be "pandering".

We were at a bar talking, and out of respect I had avoided speaking about the burning of the souk, about the latest gruesome report of late numbers of bodies found bound, tortured, murdered, and thrown in heaps like garbage on the streets of his home town.

She was a tall, formidable presence, possessed of a strong voice that carried well without a microphone (although she had avoided speaking out at her first A.F.L.-C.I.O. meeting because, she said, she did not want to seem like a "pushy woman," The A.P. reported).

Until now, owners have avoided speaking publicly about negotiations at the behest of Commissioner Roger Goodell.

I've avoided speaking to my kids explicitly about my dad.

Perhaps that is why the Labour leader has avoided speaking of the early Wilson.

Partisan political operatives here have avoided speaking publicly about Mr. Janklow's future.

Until now, the younger Mr. Schuller, pained by the rift with his family, has avoided speaking publicly about what happened.

Ms. Black has avoided speaking publicly since she was named, but in her few appearances, she has defended her record and vowed that she would become the next chancellor.

The U.S. has friendly relations with Taiwan, but Presidents since Ronald Reagan have avoided speaking directly with Taiwan's President, because, as part of its "One China" policy, the U.S. formally recognizes only the Beijing government.

But while most European leaders have avoided speaking out against the referendum directly, many wish to avoid a successful precedent for a breakaway region welcomed into the bloc, given the number of similar regions across Europe that might soon try to do the same.