shoo

Example Sentences

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Harbor staff try to ease them along to the 42 floats built to accommodate the creatures and they use big wooden panels, called herding boards, to gently shoo them away from the boat docks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

Not that they''re a shoo in- there's a lot of resentment against Mr Sharif and his party, who are blamed for Pakistan's economic misery.

From BBC • Feb. 1, 2024

You got to shoo him out of the facility.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 24, 2023

Plus, she has the power to shoo away a bear from her home by calling it “naughty.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 12, 2023

As Ma and Pa drove the cattle onto the slope toward the river, I stood in the door yard, waving madly with my coat and John’s to shoo stragglers toward the road.

From "Worth" by A. LaFaye