Example sentences for: shied

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

  • 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.

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

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

  • The dance-music duo surprise critics with their latest: "Instead of revisiting blocks already rocked, the Brothers venture down untravelled paths from which their contemporaries have shied away.


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