shunned

Example Sentences

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Newsom, however, has largely shunned new tax increase proposals.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

Individuals all over the country were fired from their jobs, shunned, ostracized and run out of town for insufficient reverence for Kirk on social media.

From Salon • Mar. 12, 2026

Kim has so far largely shunned efforts to resume top-level diplomatic dialogue.

From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026

To see them alongside Viollet-le-Duc’s restoration drawings is to realize that he dodged a bullet when he shunned the École.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

Even at the Wall, it was common knowledge that Stannis Baratheon had shunned his wife for years.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin