avoid answering

But the question is so hypothetical that I'm going to avoid answering it directly.

He couldn't avoid answering the direct question, but didn't feel the need to elaborate.

The sergeant looked for a way to avoid answering it, but she couldn't find one.

But he avoided answering me directly, so I changed the subject.

When I asked if the workers will wear space suits while they're working on the job, they avoided answering the question.

You've managed to avoid answering any questions for most of the afternoon and evening.

Instead he found another way to go out to the field, essentially avoiding answering the question.

What tangled comments they made to avoid answering our questions.

Mollie looked around the room, trying to avoid answering the question.

He had either not heard my question or was avoiding answering it.

But Srell did not make use of her warning as a way to avoid answering.

Still, asked if he would hold a news conference once a week, he avoided answering.

Tzec tried to avoid answering, but he knew her too well, and she had to tell the truth.

The question was truculent, and he expected that in her usual way she would avoid answering.

He sat still, trying to think of a way to avoid answering.

But whenever she asked him about the case directly he would avoid answering.

She pushed at him, wanting to leave the bed, to avoid answering, but he held her fast.

Cameron is playing the game, just as Brown is by avoiding answering.

"I listened to the patient's breathing, and avoided answering. "

"You said her name once, and when I asked, you avoided answering."