Sample sentences for CIRCUMVENT

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avoid or work around something

The President circumvented Congress by appointing the U.N. Ambassador after the Senate adjourned for the summer.

The company circumvented the regulation by replacing regular employees with contractors and part-timers.
They had to part in order to circumvent a crowd.
Woolf, Virginia -- The Voyage Out
I had to watch the steering, and circumvent those snags, and get the tin-pot along by hook or by crook.
Conrad, Joseph -- Heart of Darkness
He had made quite a study of the cracksman's craft, in a resolve to circumvent it with his own.
Hornung, E. W. -- A Thief in the Night
He gave up the hopeless attempt to circumvent Sir Patrick, and—come what might of it—dashed at a direct allusion to Sir Patrick's niece.
Collins, Wilkie -- Man And Wife
they must circumvent arid Nature exactly as I circumvent sordid Man.
Collins, Wilkie -- No Name
I passed out of the room, reflecting that it would not be easy to circumvent her.
James, Henry -- The Aspern Papers
But behold how iniquity can circumvent the law
Twain, Mark -- The Innocents Abroad
Perchance they were seeking some method to circumvent the forest people.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel -- Grandfather's Chair
As we turned into the shrubbery path, I attempted to circumvent him in another way.
Collins, Wilkie -- The Moonstone
The bell, hung on the door by means of a curved ribbon of steel, was difficult to circumvent.
Conrad, Joseph -- The Secret Agent
Yet it had worked, more or less, and when it had not, he and his sister made themselves available to circumvent obstacles.
Toni Morrison -- Beloved
Obviously, we needed to circumvent the checkpoint.
Betty Mahmoody -- Not Without My Daughter
He gave Philip a slight smile, in which was a trace of satisfied cunning at having circumvented his enemy once more.
W. Somerset Maugham -- Of Human Bondage
The only thing that interests me now is the problem of circumventing the machine, learning if the inevitable admits a loophole.
Albert Camus -- The Stranger
Your Honor, what we have here is an attempt to circumvent rather than facilitate Miss Cardinal's wishes.
David Baldacci -- Wish You Well
For the moment I do not see how we are to circumvent him.
Agatha Christie -- Early Cases Of Hercule Poirot
He circumvented a cluster of people, straining for a better view.
Nicholas Sparks -- Safe Haven
But all of this protection can be circumvented once a gunman knows the precise motorcade route.
Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard -- Killing Kennedy

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