avoider

Example Sentences

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Though I am often an avoider of scary films, Eggers’ impressive command of the medium, his delicately shocking sensibility and his determination to get maximum effect with minimal explicitness has won me over.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2024

In the biography, it is detailed that Carson is a long-time avoider of funerals.

From Salon • Nov. 5, 2024

"Over time, we hope to see that initiatives that create new habitat support not just urban tolerant species, but also our urban avoider species."

From Science Daily • May 29, 2024

If your partner is an avoider, don’t give up trying to connect.

From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2018

"A wanderer," said Donnegan instantly, "and an avoider of work."

From Gunman's Reckoning by Brand, Max