Shunning
[ʃʌnɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shun
Typed by Julie
Examples
- They seldom addressed each other, shunning explanation, each fearing any communication the other might make. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- So, keeping to byways, and shunning human approach, this troublesome old woman hid herself, and fared on all through the dreary day. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Those who support a hypothesis should bring it to the test of rigid verification, avoiding skepticism, shunning credulity. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- He was a man of singular habits, shunning company and very seldom going out. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
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