shun

Example Sentences

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Others continue to shun the state despite winning big concessions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 22, 2026

“This is kind of normal operating procedure. When people get very heady, there’s a speculative tone to the markets. People forget about dividends,” and shun them in the belief they can’t grow, he said.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 27, 2026

Unless your mom’s budget-conscious philosophy of making everything from scratch led her to shun most pre-fab meals, as mine did.

From Salon • Oct. 25, 2025

Eugenics plays prominently in the rhetoric being generated and is derivative of a legacy that good medicine and science should continue to shun.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2025

“There must be something very wrong,” she sobbed, “for him so to shun the light of day.”

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton