How to use "avoid" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "avoid" in popular movie and book plots

  • Harriman seeks to avoid government ownership of the Moon.  - The Man Who Sold the Moon
  • They intended to let Bonanno off easily as well, wanting to avoid a repetition of the bloodbaths of the 1930s.  - Joseph Bonanno
  • Short recommends parking all aircraft at the base on the runways and not in their hangars so as best to avoid sabotage by enemy agents.  - Tora! Tora! Tora!
  • In conclusion, he transports his wealth overland to England to avoid travelling by sea.  - Robinson Crusoe
  • Kuja and Zidane are Genomes, and Kuja turned against Garland to avoid being taken over at the conclusion of the plan.  - Final Fantasy IX
  • Later that afternoon, Jean-Paul approaches Kate and urges her to convince Luc to return the necklace anonymously to avoid jail.  - French Kiss (1995 film)
  • After a flare-up of a kidney disorder, Reed is warned to avoid excessive travel or stress, but he decides to take the same path.  - Reds (film)
  • Toad soon tires of the realities of camp life, and sleeps in the following day to avoid chores.  - The Wind in the Willows
  • on a country road, with his learner's permit in his pocket" and that he "swerved, to avoid a porcupine".  - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
  • But he knows that Nemo would never let him escape, so he has to avoid meeting him.  - Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
  • They must avoid tsunamis, more earthquakes, roving mobs and flying saucers to survive.  - The Wanderer (Leiber novel)
  • FBI agents arrive at Shawshank and take Hadley into custody, while Norton commits suicide by shooting himself to avoid his arrest.  - The Shawshank Redemption
  • to stop trying to combat Hive, and avoid that future from coming to pass.  - The Singularity (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)
  • publishes the scandal in a local tabloid – to the dismay of Bletch, who presumably wants to avoid negative press on the cast.  - Meet the Feebles
  • She is bound by custom to wear black and avoid conversation with young men.  - Gone with the Wind (novel)
  • Congressman Stoneman leaves to avoid being connected with lt lt Lynch's crackdown.  - The Birth of a Nation

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