eschew the monumental. Shun the Epic. All the guys who can paint great big pictures can paint great small ones.    From LearnThat.org.  [Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), U.S. author.]

Especially if one uses the word eschew too often.    From Wordnik.com.  [Waiting for Snow in Havana] Reference

Of course, "eschew" isn't exactly right -- it is monks who eschew the world, in Weber's view.    From Wordnik.com.  [Censorship across the Pond: So what?] Reference

Too bad they couldn't eschew using the word "eschew" ….    From Wordnik.com.  [Knowledge is Power] Reference

And he never uses words like "eschew", because he's a plain-spoken, regular guy.    From Wordnik.com.  [INSIDETORONTO - Home] Reference

It's not clear if he will continue to eschew a salary.    From Wordnik.com.  [UAL, Continental Merger Takes Off] Reference

And so they tend to eschew the advice of their PR staff.    From Wordnik.com.  [No One Wants to Hug a Banker] Reference

Thirty states currently allow some or all riders to eschew helmets.    From Wordnik.com.  [Motorcycle deaths decline in 2009] Reference

To eschew strife and bragging, spite and greed, would that be love?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Sayings Of Confucius] Reference

Self-described global citizens have also had reason to eschew thrift.    From Wordnik.com.  [Thrift Is the New Fashion] Reference

He must eschew all such vanities as white trousers and well-cut boots.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845] Reference

Of course, the big reason you might eschew participating in early voting?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Angle Offers Rationale For Bailing On Ralston Debate: She Wants 'An Informed Electorate'] Reference

Other brands eschew the TV to provide you with different multimedia functions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Q&A: Are “multimedia” refrigerators worth considering?] Reference

So they eschew sanctioned skateparks and pop up in public spaces and office parks.    From Wordnik.com.  [The ‘Odd Couple’ Meets ‘Jackass’] Reference

But the other networks have stayed aloof, for the very good reason that turkeys eschew Christmas.    From Wordnik.com.  [Apple drives another nail into sluggish Sony's coffin] Reference

A coalition of nongovernment organizations, which normally would eschew politics, is also backing them.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mother Of The Revolt] Reference

That is partly because of frugal German consumers, who unlike Americans eschew credit and save like mad.    From Wordnik.com.  [Germany seizes on big business in China] Reference

Mr. KLINE: But the age of confessional transparency in which we live is something he would eschew heartily.    From Wordnik.com.  [For Kevin Kline, The Beard's (Sometimes) The Thing] Reference

They eschew economics and stock-market predictions and search solely for companies whose stock is underpriced.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Intelligent Investor] Reference

The digestive disturbances have disappeared; he can eat things which for years he had been compelled to eschew.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Electric Bath] Reference

That's especially true because Martinez covets what so many ballplayers eschew -- the chance to be a role model.    From Wordnik.com.  ['Passion In Every Pitch'] Reference

Next week 140,000 geeks and gadget freaks will descend on Las Vegas and (largely) eschew wickedness for widgets.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gearing Up in Las Vegas] Reference

Shall a man, then, eschew patriotism, and become a citizen of the world, as though he were a Stoic philosopher?.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Handbook of Ethical Theory] Reference

Under the proposed settlement, Office Depot will pay a civil penalty and eschew the admission or denial of liability.    From Wordnik.com.  [Office Depot Loss Narrows Amid Cost Cuts] Reference

The practice is fashionable with urban locavores who want to eschew feedlot-raised, hormone-laced, corn-stuffed meat.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wired Top Stories] Reference

But while Kendrick may eschew the high-church posing of some of his contemporaries, his ballast always is spirituality.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Bodacious New Voice From Jazz's Far Side] Reference

Spritely Olympic figure-skating champ Kristi Yamaguchi has decided to eschew more gold medals for just plain more gold.    From Wordnik.com.  [Going For Gold] Reference

He should especially eschew stories related in the first person, those told by letters, and those in the form of a diary.    From Wordnik.com.  [Short Story Writing A Practical Treatise on the Art of The Short Story] Reference

Most of all, it surprises me as a mother that any woman could ever urge the mother of a starving child to eschew contraception.    From Wordnik.com.  [Michele Somerville: Mother Teresa's Centenary Birthday Bash: Why I'm Against It] Reference

Those who want to be on the water, gazing at Gotham, can eschew the Staten Island Ferry for a quicker ride on the Hoboken Ferry.    From Wordnik.com.  [Peri Picks: A Convention After Hours Guide] Reference

Did Obama think he could eschew the rituals of politics — that all he had to do was invoke His Hopeness to bring people aboard?.    From Wordnik.com.  [What Went Wrong] Reference

That isn't to say Bill Clinton would eschew the kind of social causes — literacy, education — that First Ladies typically embrace.    From Wordnik.com.  [And You Do What, Exactly?] Reference

At the same time, relatively unsophisticated retail investors who tend to eschew more complicated transactions for spot moves are trading more.    From Wordnik.com.  [Broad Array Of Players, Simple Trades Drive Forex Surge] Reference

And while I typically eschew the pungent scent of most rose candles, this delicate blend of a variety of roses, renders a warm yet subtle fragrance.    From Wordnik.com.  [Felicia C. Sullivan: Hello, Home: Housewarming Gifts Worth the Splurge!] Reference