Mr. Saving, to avoid being accused of want of punctuality in the affairs of friendship, as he had been in those of love, came somewhat before his time into the palace.
I alighted at the door of the inn, and he rode off directly to avoid being seen by any body, who might describe him, in case an enquiry should be made.
Naval Academy Museum)] Finally the ships separated, the Java's bowsprit passing over the taffrail of the Constitution; the latter at once kept away to avoid being raked.
Our little skiff, covered with twigs to avoid being discovered by indiscreet eyes, rested on a little canal where tall rushes stood.
To avoid being seen we stepped into a little ditch where the water was low and which had two very high hedges of acacia on either side.
I adopted the theory that the best way in which not to arouse suspicion, and to avoid being seized, was to play one's cards with audacity.
But he had no time for mere thought; his attention was wholly taken up with the fighting, and the problem of how to avoid being impaled or cut down by some furious pirate.
Now they began to twine round each other like living, twisting serpents, and the sailors pulling them had to spring quickly aside to avoid being caught by the flying and coiling ends.
I would give up every hope of securing that wealth to avoid being tortured as he was.
A man is expelled only because he is not clever enough to avoid being caught, and then the school thinks it's saving the others by sending him away.
But Gordon and Mansell found themselves safely at rest in Claremont's form and Greek set, and made up their minds just to stay there and do only enough work to avoid being bottled.
But if I am going to know enough to avoid being bottled, it will mean a good eight hours' work at each subject: six hours wasted on each.
The patrol would not allow this small hostile patrol to stop its advance, but would proceed on its route cautiously to avoid being seen, and to see if the Red cavalrymen are followed by others of the enemy.
Great care is taken in reconnoitering and entering an enclosure to avoid being caught in a confined or restricted space by the enemy.
Seeing no signs of the enemy he moves the patrol down the hill at a walk until the cut is passed and there takes a fast trot, so as to avoid being long in a position where they could be seen from the direction of Kickapoo.
To your post, Gerald,' shouted Allan; and Gerald made a dart towards the besiegers, just in time to avoid being caught in a rain of clods which hurtled through the air.
Many a time, during the descent, it cost the new-comers an effort to avoid being overcome by dizziness.
One of them is then detached on foot, who takes advantage of every irregularity of the ground to avoid being noticed, and oftentimes, disguised in rags, penetrates boldly into the midst of the douars.
To avoid being scented by the dogs the precaution is taken to stalk up the wind.
Guided by the man who has brought the information, the hunters advance cautiously in the direction of the ostriches, and on nearing the hillock on which the birds were sighted, they use every precaution to avoid being seen.
In consequence of this scandalous procedure, the Jamaica Buccaneers, toavoid being so taxed, kept aloof from Jamaica, and were provoked to continue their old occupations.
The different European governments were glad to avoid being involved in the settlement of disorders they had no inclination to repress.
There are some masters for whom one never works hard; one does enough and no more to avoid being bottled.
And he cribs more or less consistently out of laziness, to avoid being bottled, to save himself trouble, to be able to devote as much of his evening as is possible to more sympathetic forms of employment.
I did just well enough in each paper to avoid being bottled.
The safety-first slogan in the wolf world appears to be: "Avoid being seen by a man; and never, never touch anything that carries the scent of man or of iron or steel.
A generation or two ago a wolf took no pains to keep out of sight; now he uses his wits to avoid being seen.
Rarely is it cowardly to avoid being a target for the deadly long-range rifle or to slip away from an attack by dogs at overwhelming odds.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "avoid being" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
