Sentence examples for language to avoid from inspiring English sources

When a woman approaches Greenwood on the street, he uses sign language to avoid talking.

They expressed shame about a church that hushed reports of sexual abuse and used lawyerly language to avoid apology.

The use of language to avoid acting is further complicated by the maze of lies we don't identify as lies, hiding our secret fears and insecurities.

But let's not contort our language to avoid saying so, or act like wars aren't as complicated, morally and otherwise, as they are.

I beg for work from semester to semester, and constantly have to watch my words, actions and body language to avoid a career-ending slip-up.

"A group of us said there is nothing wrong with that style, but it would be good to find a different architectural language, to avoid talking in stereotypes.

P.S. 189, a kindergarten-through-eighth-grade school, aims to teach immigrant children major subjects like mathematics, science and other subjects in their native languages to avoid having them miss the basics they need at their grade level.

The qualifications are to be set by a single exam board in English, maths, the sciences, history, geography and languages, to avoid exam boards competing to offer the easiest examinations in what has been termed a "race to the bottom".

The reasons are many, according to to health directors and environmentalists, who have adopted a language of delicate words to avoid the indelicate ones.

In the voice recordings, the women said nonsense words to avoid activating language comprehension regions in the brain.

Administration officials said Mr. Bush left his language vague to avoid angering Palestinians even more than expected.