Sentence examples for to avoid engaging from inspiring English sources

Mr. Edwards has methodically sought to avoid engaging the other candidates.

Displacement is something we all do: fixing on something small to avoid engaging with something big.

47% see the Israeli government as "constantly creating obstacles to avoid engaging in the peace process" (32% disagreed).

American forces were under strict orders to avoid engaging with any Pakistani forces that responded to the commotion at the Bin Laden compound, senior administration officials said.

Speakers, unclear on where the lines are, and fearing sanctions, have a strong incentive to avoid engaging in speech that is legally protected.

Perhaps to avoid engaging the contentious realm of neonatal polemics, a field recently tackled by Naomi Wolf in her partly personal, partly sociological book "Misconceptions".

Instead, authorities dropped Chow off with an ankle bracelet in the heart of enemy territory in Chinatown, the defense wrote, where he vowed to "strictly avoid engaging in any criminal activity and stay out of trouble with the gangsters that surrounded him.

Sanders then highlighted the Corrupt Practices Act, and appealed to the party members to not only avoid engaging in any corruption, but to remain honourable at all times.

Some members of staff caring for older patients on acute hospital wards, the same kind of setting as in this study, have displayed a tendency to mistrust carers and avoid engaging with them [ 7].

Sufferers often avoid engaging in anything that was once linked to someone vomiting.

This can help you avoid engaging with his snobby antics or trying to waste your energy on fighting back.