Sentence examples similar to to avoid becoming poor from inspiring English sources

His aspiration at this point is to avoid becoming dirt poor — and he means that literally.

He is trying to avoid becoming the Yankees' version of poor Kyle Weiland, the overmatched rookie who started three games for Boston, all losses, as the Red Sox fell apart last September.

Likewise, the iron gate where Wei waits all day for the TV station director reflects the barriers poor people face to survival in the city, and the necessity of connections to avoid becoming an "outsider" in the city.

I studied to avoid becoming a farmer.

Federer will try to avoid becoming discouraged.

Anything to avoid becoming one of them.

Try to avoid becoming their uninvited marriage counselor.

Who are you supposed to be, or to avoid becoming?

Suppose, for example, one wants to avoid becoming noticeably heavier.

KEN AULETTA: Today, everyone struggles to avoid becoming superfluous, from agents to publishers to travel agents.

Normally, small reptiles tend to reduce activity during such an environmental onslaught to avoid becoming dehydrated.