Sentence examples for to avoid the messy from inspiring English sources

And while Anna draws lessons from reading, she also hides in her books to avoid the messy work of friendship.

Tenants could be waiting until their leases come up for renewal to pack their bags, to avoid the messy process of breaking a lease, brokers say.

But Mr. McGovern, who had pledged to "avoid the messy way vice presidents had been picked in the past," chose Mr. Eagleton after considering him for less than an hour.

What better way to avoid the messy legalities of deaccessioning artworks, with the attendant denunciations from Association of Art Museum Directors and other professional organizations that monitor and weigh in on sales of individual works of art?

The FARC could later pursue political demands, but only in the democratic arena.The president will also want to avoid the messy process by which some 30,000 right-wing paramilitaries demobilised between 2003 and 2006 during the government of his predecessor, Álvaro Uribe.

It was a tactic to avoid the messy emotions roiling beneath our skin, mostly asking, "Am I enough?" Am I smart enough or savvy enough?

He manages to avoid the whole messy business of running for his coffin at sun-up by having graveyard dirt sewn into his boots.

The decision could set a precedent for companies anxious to avoid the stigma and messy entanglements that come with accusations of influence peddling.

If conventional games have an overarching ambition, it is to define the competition in such a way as to avoid the sort of messy, emotional uncertainties that characterize life on the outside.

The board's provisions mandating debates between the candidates it finances were devised to avoid the sorts of messy debates over debates that crop up so persistently during elections.

Mr Putin could then avoid the messy inconvenience of direct elections.