Similar words: away from, shy away, home away from home, copy from, stay away, carry away, from, far from. Meaning: v. avoid having to deal with some unpleasant task.
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1. We frequently shy away from making decisions.
2. Julian had made her shy away from physical contact.
3. First he began to shy away from the crowd of young street thug arsonist gunslingers.
4. Agencies without a clear-cut wartime role will shy away from conflicts.
5. Politicians shy away from hints that they may be complacent.
6. His inclination is to shy away from grandiose strategies and concentrate on return on capital and customer service.
7. This does not mean that we shall shy away from tackling difficult subjects that may cause offence.
8. I shy away from this task.
9. We must not shy away from our collective responsibilities.
10. Van Loon did not shy away from controversial statements.
11. Don't shy away from saying what you think.
12. Alan doesn't shy away from controversy.
13. He should not shy away from a judge.
14. The Russian dose not shy away from the winter.
15. Many engineers shy away from spherical projection methods.
16. You shy away from it.
17. Her eyes shy away from mine.
18. And he doesn't shy away from childish stunts,(http://sentencedict.com) such as spooking television talk-show host Conan O'Brien with a large spider.
19. Many felt that the lifelong Whites fan would shy away from a switch across the Pennines to Old Trafford rather than risk upsetting the Elland Road supporters who idolise him.
20. Tmac shy away from being great and want someone else to bail him out.
21. So churches should not shy away from the concept of elder.
22. It is impossible for him to shy away from the problems.
23. While traditional color theory tends to shy away from the saturation and lightness of colors, artists are traditionally called upon to understand their subtleties.
24. Without interest we would shy away from new or complicated things because they tend to make us nervous.
25. The DoJ does not always shy away from directly bringing bribery cases.
26. Earl: It'seems that girls shy away from careers in science and math.
27. These memories are still quite fresh, and Clevelanders do not shy away from them.
28. Where such detailed studies have been made they tend towards the typological and shy away from the technological aspects.
29. Being asked to go on a committee may be something we tend to shy away from at first.
30. If you honestly set out to learn how to untangle your own snafus , you'll find that even people who shy away from raw neediness start offering advice.
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