Red savages, on the whole, prefer to avoid fighting in darkness.
The knights typically avoided fighting those who couldn't defend themselves.
Philip always tried to avoid actually fighting English militias directly, and when confronted, would back down.
"Sometimes the only way to win a battle is to avoid fighting it."
He would love to avoid fighting the rest of his career.
Other warriors avoided fighting her for fear of being disgraced.
There was only one way to avoid fighting him and keep my standing: somehow, and soon, we must make friends.
But one should really try to avoid fighting with another man's weapons.
The idea," he smiled grimly, "is to avoid fighting in the first place.
By the end, they make up and pledge to avoid fighting during the marriage.
He was inclined, however, to avoid fighting and once more opened peace negotiations.
I had hoped to avoid fighting, but now it may be inevitable.
He said that the two elephants had to be kept apart and they were increasingly confined to avoid fighting.
Then he had made a continual effort to avoid trouble and fighting.
He always tried to avoid fighting, though his luck seldom did him much good there.
The coalition would position themselves behind fortifications and avoid actual fighting.
I came here to avoid fighting, not to start it.
They employed tactics of supply destruction and avoided direct fighting.
When I ask my question, they realize that they could have acted in a different way to avoid fighting.
This is not an easy thing to establish, but clearly we have to try, to avoid fighting.