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shun - use in sentences
Object
- limelight: There are lots of reasons why rich people choose to shun the limelight.
- publicity: Richard Guy is the first farmer I've come across who does not shun publicity.
- sin: He is calling on us to remember some things that will enable us to shun sin.
- evil: As Job 28:28 says, The fear of the Lord - that is wisdom, and to shun evil is understanding.
Adjective complement
- evil: They do not have to reason in order to shun evil.
Modifying Another Word
- once: Relatives and friends who once shunned him, hugged and kissed him.
- previously: Agents who previously shunned formality can now be expected to seek formal agreements.
- even: He's even shunned by the kids at the fat table at school, friendless and alone.
- always: And finally The Real Meat Company has always shunned sponsorship.
Used with why or when
- what: Miller also explores the shadow realm of those who shun what Hume called the conversible world.
Preposition: in
- favor: Well, almost; PUT will have been shunned in favor of POST, which all Web browsers actually contain support for.
Preposition: by
- rest: Dalits do the jobs shunned by the rest of society.
- society: Also a divorced woman was shunned by society and treated as an outcast.
- man: Perhaps it was just an effete London thing shunned by real men who were into spanners, grease and steam.
- people: Used at one time as a burial ground, it was shunned by people even during the day-time for fear of ghosts.
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