How to Use shun in a Sentence

shun

verb
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  • He shuns parties and social events.
  • After his divorce he found himself being shunned by many of his former friends.
  • Most seemed to shun it, and the room that contained it.
    — Jonathan Lethem, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2021
  • Arab leaders who had shunned him for a decade picked up the phone and called.
    — Declan Walsh, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2023
  • The aim isn’t to shun AI, Luccioni says, but to help others choose the right tool for the job.
    — Harry Booth, TIME, 5 Sep. 2024
  • Now Democrats, who shun him every day, must come to terms with that.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 8 Oct. 2021
  • This time, though, there’s a great deal of social pressure to shun the games.
    — John Keilman, Chicago Tribune, 28 Nov. 2022
  • Even some of the nation’s largest and best-protected banks were shunned.
    — David J. Lynch and Tony Romm, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Mar. 2023
  • The top ski rentals from Aspen to the French Alps now shun formality.
    — Tom Weijand, Robb Report, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Those whose faces appear on the wall are known to be in default and are shunned by the industry.
    — Barak Richman, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Jan. 2020
  • But at the same time, shunning the buzzword is very, very Apple.
    — David Meyer, Fortune, 13 Sep. 2023
  • There is a growing demand to shun Chinese apps and goods.
    — Stephen Collinson With Caitlin Hu and Vedika Sud, CNN, 23 June 2020
  • The United States is set to become the only member of the United Nations that shuns the deal.
    — Jean Chemnick, Scientific American, 28 Oct. 2019
  • Some seek contact with those like them, others shun it.
    — Emmanuel Carrère, Harper's magazine, 28 Oct. 2019
  • Top advisers have been shunned, then brought back into the fold.
    — Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 1 May 2024
  • Trying to reclaim a part of themselves that has been shunned and stereotyped.
    — al, 17 Jan. 2020
  • That came a week after Harris, Rales and Johnson publicly said the old name, which had been shunned over the past three years.
    — CBS News, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Staff who live near our office are welcome to choose when to use it or shun the place entirely.
    — Zachary M. Seward, Quartz, 6 July 2021
  • Some consumers began shunning these brews in favor of cheaper ones, as in the case of Heineken.
    — Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 29 Dec. 2023
  • The mother of one has also shunned the spotlight during his run for office this year.
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 26 July 2024
  • His stature as a distinctive filmmaker has only grown over the years, even for work that was shunned at the time.
    — Steve Appleford, SPIN, 31 Oct. 2023
  • He was sued for defamation, denounced, ridiculed, shunned, hated and feared.
    — Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2019
  • Many shops burn their beans, which is what Botma tasted and made him shun the beverage.
    — Georgann Yara, azcentral, 18 Aug. 2019
  • Following the lead of last year's Oscars, the Emmys shunned tradition and chose not to have a host this year.
    — Katie Bourque, Good Housekeeping, 23 Sep. 2019
  • Of the high-profile companies that have shunned the App store, Match is the only one that has changed the payment method in-app, Schachter noted.
    — Bloomberg News, The Denver Post, 11 Aug. 2019
  • For the most part, if someone lies, cheats, or steals, they are shunned and excluded from future deals.
    — John Koopman, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Immigrants often do jobs the French have begun to shun.
    — Roger Cohen, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Stars collectively shunned the show, and NBC yanked it off the air for a year, leaving its future in doubt.
    — Josh Rottenberg, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Achieving that level no matter how many times you could be shunned from a Grammy or whatever the f–k could happen.
    — Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 10 Feb. 2025
  • The number of active travelers over 60 is growing at a rapid pace as many seniors are shunning the perception of being couch potatoes.
    — Roger Sands, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025

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