Sentence examples for wider berth from inspiring English sources

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Wide berth.

If you give someone a wide berth, you keep yourself well away from them because they are dangerous.

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State lawmakers, in response to Congressional inaction on immigration law, are giving local authorities a wider berth.

His brother, running newspapers, was bound to be second-guessed by his father; James had a much wider berth.

Such confusion not only hurts sales for retailers, but can also give counterfeiters a wider berth to exploit the chaos.

But in recent years, Ms. Hewitt has also established a sideline specialty in the keyboard works of François Couperin, generally given a wider berth by pianists.

This is the main reason, officials here say, that he is nurturing a sense of grievance, and giving his traditional peace partners a wider berth.

My brain registered wild hair, scraggly beard, old clothes, shouting at no one in particular, and I took a half-step in another direction to give him a wider berth.

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Give him a wide berth.

Give the buffalo a wide berth.

American banks give Cuba the widest berth.

Classmates give him a wide berth.

Adam needs the widest berth.

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