He said that live television appeals to well-known actors who would ordinarily avoid television.
Admittedly, this is painful, and one is well advised to avoid being stung, just as one ordinarily avoids being stung by a wasp or a bee.
We prefer lobster simply steamed, and although we would ordinarily avoid fancy preparations here, the lobstermania sounded decent, and it was.
I find this particular evidence credible enough that I'm willing to do something I'd ordinarily avoid: bet against my own model, and call Mr. Santorum the favorite.
Like another entry in this genre, David Dosa's best-selling "Making Rounds With Oscar: The Extraordinary Gift of an Ordinary Cat," you've taken advantage of our fondness for companion animals to induce us to consider subjects we ordinarily avoid.
Because the federal government does not recognize same-sex marriages, Ms. Windsor had to pay estate taxes that spouses ordinarily avoid, which is at the heart of her legal challenge).
Months before the opening ceremonies, this year's Games are already in such crisis that even the International Olympic Committee, which ordinarily avoids controversy behind the same bland language of non-interference as the Chinese government, is now calling on China to improve its human-rights record and open itself to the world press.
Apparently, when most people begin an exercise program, they begin to give themselves permission to eat more high-caloric foods that they would ordinarily avoid.
It's bad enough sitting through twenty minutes of loud previews of coming attractions, but now movie goers are held captive and forced to watch commercials they'd ordinarily avoid at home, by surfing channels, or obliterating them entirely with a click of their TiVo button.
Christmas involves seeing a lot of people you ordinarily avoid, or at least appreciate not seeing much.
