"Then you accept that holy men should avoid violence, no matter what lives are threatened?"

The man avoided his grasp and slipped away from him toward the door.

Now why should such a man, bringing a lost girl to safety, avoid showing his face within?

In the aftermath of defeat, men avoid each other's eyes.

What nonsense, she thought angrily, to order the men to avoid looking at her.

How had the man avoided learning even the simplest of strategies from him?

A few men even avoid going out during the day.

A man like that couldn't avoid leaving some kind of evidence behind.

The younger man had avoided Kit's company for eight full weeks.

A very great man, who contributed to every area of politics and never avoided making difficult decisions.