Usually burglars avoid houses on dead-end streets, cul-de-sacs or in circles.

He avoids limousines and fancy houses and buys off-the-rack suits.

To avoid boxy-looking houses, continuous roofs were banned; they also could not be shiny (so forget copper, which Mr. Voorsanger had used in the Montana house).

He avoids houses of worship.

Usually they avoid houses on dead-end streets, cul-de-sacs or circles.

The machines must average 20 miles an hour over all, while avoiding houses and other buildings.

There was a very obvious kink where the avenue made a bend to avoid some particularly valuable eighteenth-century houses.

Wili was not yet six, but he did not lose his way; he avoided houses that might be occupied and kept to the shadows.

Although the Google investment alone would be worth over US$1 billion, Cheriton has a reputation for a frugal lifestyle, avoiding expensive cars or large houses.

People often sleep on the runway to avoid overcrowded and hot modern houses - at least none of these stories are that dangerous!