Sentence examples for playing to avoid from inspiring English sources

They probably did, playing to avoid relegation and all that.

"They looked like a team that was playing to avoid relegation," sniffed the Real striker José María Gutiérrez, better known as Guti.

The unbeaten run has been the main focus this season, and at times it overshadowed our league ambitions – rather than playing to win we were playing to avoid defeat.

But, at the end, we find ourselves in this last match playing to avoid last place".

As you scroll past and a video slips off-screen, it automatically stops playing to avoid slowing down your device or wasting data.

Always stretch and warm-up before playing to avoid injury.

She played to avoid partying.

Now he chooses the orthodox 9... h6, played to avoid the annoyance that Ng5 could generate in some contingencies.

However, progressives have one crucial move they can play to avoid four years of devastating policymaking: using Trump's own voters against him.

This means that the top six clubs after 26 games will play it out for the championship, whereas the remaining eight clubs play to avoid two relegation places.

And women who already occupy the CEO's office may play to avoid being left out of important discussions that happen outside the executive suite and the boardroom.