Sentence examples for had avoided talking from inspiring English sources
Often, both doctors and patients had avoided talking about death.
Until recently, many South Africans had avoided talking about Mr. Mandela's fate, calling it culturally inappropriate to speculate about any ailing figure, much less one as revered as Mr. Mandela, who played a central role in South Africa's transition from white-led minority rule to historic multirace elections in 1994.
He had avoided talking to his relatives about his time underground, and he decided to host a family gathering at which he spoke of his hunger and momentary blindness, of his smallness before the immense, crumbling mountain, and how they all had prepared for a slow death in the dark.
Chaffetz also said he was not concerned that Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney had avoided talking about the specifics of the Libya controversy during Monday's debate.
In this socially liberal province, Mr. Day has avoided talking about his opposition to abortion, gay rights and gun control.
Another of his great friends in the game, Tottenham's Jermain Defoe, had the same experience that summer, though the two have avoided talking about it much.
Mr. Gingrich and Mr. Santorum have avoided talking about their own financial histories, having become multimillionaires by peddling their influence to big corporations after leaving Congressional office.
The collaborators are careful about drawing a line between their two jobs, and for the most part have avoided talking up the show to patrons.
Phelps's teammates have avoided talking to him about eight gold medals, the way a pitcher's teammates avoid speaking to him during a perfect game.
