That kind of comment led her to avoid her friends from home when she got back.

You may even avoid your friends and family.

She avoided her virtuous friends and went into the great world.

To avoid disheartening my friends still further, I veiled the truth.

This may help to avoid your friends triggering it.

"People are starting to avoid their foreign friends," he said.

It certainly explains the mask and the way he has been avoiding his friends.

Surely Galen had the sense to avoid his friends and stay off the net at all costs.

He would avoid his friends and stay on the outskirts to watch.

He successfully avoids his friends but leaves home sick during the school day.