Example sentences for: eschewing

How can you use “eschewing” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Billed as the first feature film by Native Americans, this picaresque tale wins reviewers' admiration for being "palpably authentic" (Richard Schickel, Time ). Critics like the story, about a young man and his friend who set out to retrieve his father's ashes, for eschewing "the high seriousness and dubious mysticism" of most films about the Indians' plight (John Anderson, Newsday ). Although everyone enjoys its wry humor and cutting observations about life on the reservation, a few say its aimless plot betrays its makers' inexperience.

  • Helms has perfected the stealth campaign: He relies almost exclusively on television ads, eschewing rallies, public appearances, press conferences, debates, and the other niceties of traditional politics.

  • The WP best communicates the scope of the ruling by eschewing in its lead sentence the generality of "sexual abuse" ( LAT ) and "sexual relations" ( USAT ) in favor of the concreteness of referring to students who are "sexually taunted, groped or harassed."

  • Three things Hill earns praise for: 1) eschewing the heavy production and packaging common in R&B and hip-hop; 2) writing and producing the album herself; 3) a high quotient of live instrumentation and improvisation.

  • Phil Gramm, R-Texas, another former economics professor, Armey has avoided budget hypocrisy by eschewing the pork barrel--some of the military bases he closed were in his state.


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