shoo

Example Sentences

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Most people are inclined to shoo flies away from food, and the thought of maggots in your bins is enough to make anyone's stomach turn.

From BBC • Jun. 26, 2025

A waitress told Hannah the pigeon had been inside the pub but people had been kicking her, so the waitress had to shoo the pigeon out to protect it.

From BBC • May 25, 2024

Jennifer Castellon shook, tapped and blew on a box to shoo out more than 1,000 mosquitoes in a quiet, upscale Inland Empire neighborhood.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2024

You got to shoo him out of the facility.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 24, 2023

Then I grab the top brace of the doorframe and shoo my mother back.

From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen