shun
Example Sentences
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Cass’s proposal for social shunning of people who take jobs in the financial sector is gross.
Their very presence here is an act of defiance against the sport that shunned them.
For the most part, however, until Jesse was famous, he shunned his son, who was later adopted by the man his mother married, Charles Jackson.
From Los Angeles Times
Robert Duvall, a prolific, Oscar-winning actor who shunned glitz and won praise as one of his generation's greatest and most versatile artists, has died at age 95.
From Barron's
Despite the fact that Dennis had converted to Islam before meeting Sahir, the couple said they were "shunned" by people who did not think their marriage would work.
From BBC
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