Example sentences for: shied

How can you use “shied” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Spooks have generally shied away from such missions because of the moral and political dilemmas created when an intelligence agency witnesses atrocities.

  • Capital cases are expensive and demanding, and those involved in placing attorneys on them say large firms in particular have shied away from them.

  • Unfortunately, this is hardly just a foible of youth; rather, it seems endemic to cultures that have shied away from the abattoir and the baseness of human behavior.

  • As unchecked leads flowed from unnamed sources, the TV pundits played judge on Friday, jury on Saturday, but shied away from playing executioner on Sunday morning.

  • “Grilled in foil or alongside a ham, turkey or chicken, those who shied away from onions before will delight in their new found vegetable.”


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