155 examples of avoid him in sentences

They, crowding out to avoid him, left the house more willingly than they had entered it; some losing their gowns and caps, and some their jewels in the hurry, all glad to escape out of the presence of such a mad lord, and the ridicule of his mock banquet.

"Harkee, Signore," uttered the half-distracted gondolier to one, who, having first examined his person with distrust, evidently betrayed a wish to avoid him, "if thou hast sufficiently pleased thy finger with my master's signet, the occasion offers to return it.

It was impossible for the colonel to avoid him had he wished it, and he kept his ground.

Avoid him, I tell you, avoid him: he is steeped in lies and poison, like the very serpent that betrayed us.

He wondered if she saw disgrace in his face and was trying to avoid him.

Now, as to that fellow Ramsden" "Avoid him unless he is drunk," advised Jeremy.

Though his view he eccentric it is his own view, and though you may avoid him, you can never forget or ignore him.

Draxy did not seek him, did not avoid him.

The children would stop their games and run forward to meet him in order to receive a caress from him, while the young girls whispered together and seemed to avoid him.

And learn from me, Blaize, that, so far from desiring to see the Earl of Rochester, all my anxiety is to avoid him.

His first feeling, as he afterwards said, was to avoid him; but finding that he must pass him, he conceived that it would be want of spirit not to acquaint him with his feelings on the present occasion.

[Exeunt all, either pitying or seeming to avoid him.

He recognized me before I could avoid him, so I offered my hand and he gave me kindly welcome.

"I contrived to avoid him in the park, and kept well within the shadows, when I saw him spying through the window.

She stood still, making no effort to avoid him.

Panshine showed him exaggerated politeness; Lemm had become misanthropical, and scarcely even returned his greeting; and, worst of all, Liza seemed to avoid him.

Once Marcus Wilkeson saw Bog at a distance, turning suddenly down a side street, as if to avoid him; and Marcus wondered what could be the matter with the boy.

He does not attempt any business now; but goes and comes with lawyers, the most of whom now avoid him.

She had made every effort to avoid him, but he had mercilessly tracked her down; and though she had refused him with great emphasis she had never really felt that he had taken her seriously.

And then a strange agitation took her so that she wanted to spring up and avoid him.

Somehow she grew more at ease in his company, and no longer took pains to avoid him.

I always avoid him at the Club! Mrs. B. Why?

He always appeared when least expected, and seemed to take a malicious pleasure in troubling those most anxious to avoid him.

Next, he tweaked my nose, and as I turned round to avoid him, he applied his footyes, his footto the back of my trunk-hose; and well was it that the hose were stoutly wadded and quilted.

Rejoining the hunt, she made her first deliberate attempt to avoid him, an attempt that was so far successful that for the next hour she saw nothing of him beyond casual glimpses.

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