Dinner was so good that Blade couldn't entirely avoid stray thoughts of "the condemned man's last meal."

In short, making better decisions and avoiding negative thoughts are benefits of reading this book.

There was no longer any way to avoid thoughts or deflect the process.

He tried to avoid such thoughts, but that was impossible.

You won't be able to avoid thoughts about her.

Yet another way of coping is avoiding thoughts or circumstances that cause stress.

I stared out the window, avoiding thoughts of what might await us.

He had avoided such thoughts for the first three years as much as possible.

"Meaning are you avoiding thoughts of what we're supposed to do here?"