eschew
Example Sentences
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He eschewed any stylistic qualities drawing attention to the process of filmmaking, deeming "too distracting" the close-ups of mouths talking and body parts that featured in his early films.
From Barron's
She warned him to get out while he still could, worried her only son would eschew his true self.
From Los Angeles Times
Bennett played the percentages, content to nullify Australia's spinners, and largely eschewed boundary hitting in favour of accumulation as he looked to establish a solid total.
From BBC
They demanded that he draw up a new plan for ICE to carry out targeted enforcement, an approach Lyons had been advocating all along, according to ICE officials, but that the pair had previously eschewed.
“Crash” eschewed Charli’s typical boundary-pushing electronic sound to aim for something notably more commercial, and, ever the rebel, Charli attempted to homogenize this marketable music with visual ideas that were more to her own taste.
From Salon
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