shirk

Should this happen it would be doubly disastrous were we to shirk the challenge now.

They abuse drinks or drugs, abuse spouses and loved ones, shirk sleep and plummet into crippling depression.

“Congress must not shirk its responsibilities,” the White House said in a statement.

Tom held to his strange belief to 'Let it all come,' he would not try to prevent; he would neither shirk nor dodge.

You'll work your passage back to fitness quicker than an arm ever did before, you pale-faced shirk!

He patted Dorothy on the shoulder and would not permit her to shirk his praise.

The situation was a critical one, but Steve's was not a nature to shirk responsibilities or shun sacrifices.

Evelyn was fairly good at school; it was not, she considered, worth her while any longer to 322 shirk her lessons.