- present participle of shun.
shunning
Example Sentences
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The First Amendment prevents government censorship, but one reason there are social penalties, including criticism, shunning and firing for hateful rhetoric, is that it is not, in fact, harmless.
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026
On a sector basis, only semiconductors are meaningfully owned, mostly as a consequence of ASML, while investors are shunning automakers.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
Bonnie Dilber, a senior manager of talent acquisition at artificial-intelligence automation company Zapier, said automatically shunning frequent job switchers can mean missing out on a good hire.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Others accused them of romanticising self isolation and encouraging an "air of cosy defeatism" by shunning social connections.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
Nor would he sit back, proud and fierce, shunning them in return.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
