It had started its climb to avoid hitting the bridge.

They wanted a narrow field of fire, to avoid hitting the buildings.

I shoved forward, but not in time to avoid hitting him.

He tripped over a chair and had to fall across the table to avoid hitting the floor.

He could see just far enough ahead to avoid hitting any large obstacles.

Great care would be taken to avoid hitting innocent civilians.

But we eventually got used to just having to walk out in any small break knowing people would avoid hitting us.

He bent over to avoid hitting his head on the ceiling.

But he'd nearly killed himself to avoid hitting a row of innocent children.

A speed limit of 40 miles an hour is set not just to avoid hitting animals.