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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