And then he would shet up his eyes and pray in that strange, strange tongue, and anon breakin' out into our own language.
We shet up our house and moved down to hern; and she tuck to setting by the fire or out on the porch, allus a-knitting, and seldom speaking a word in all them years about Evy or her sorrow or her curse.
I told ye that I'd be powerful mortified ef I hed a nephew ez hed ter shet his eyes ter keep the noise out'n his ears whenst he fired a rifle.
So Tobe war obleeged ter tote her agin ter git shet o' the noise.
He jes spoke out same ez he useter do at the t'others, 'Shet up, ye pop-eyed buzzard!
Wondered what strange things was hid In there when heshet the door And smelt like a burnt drug store Next some orchard-trees, i swan!
Hit's the feelin' of bein' shet off from my chanct.
Wal, the music begun, and one of the fellers that had the hair on his lip, begun tu slide about with his eyes half shet and his hands a hanging down, and looking as doleful as if he'd jest come away from a funeral.
But the chap only looked around, and made a sort of a slidin bow, and shet the door agin.
The tall chap folded up the steps as quick as marm could undu a cat's cradle, and shet the door tu, and away we went like a house a-fire.
The mill was shet up, so I stood up my grist at the door, and got on to the old horse agin, detarmined to ride into town and see if I could find any thing to chirk me up.
She jumped half up when she see me, and then settled down agin with her lips shet tight together, and a lookin hard in my eyes as if uncertain who it was.
You shet yer 'ead," he grunted as he stamped off below.
I've had the agur myself till about a fortnight ago; then, soon as I got shet of that, the colic took me.
Seemed as if I heard a door shet upstairs, an' I guessed the woman was taking up the cross man's dinner.
If you'll shet the door, or turn yer backs so my wife can get up, I'll be quiet enough.
I done it yesterday, and somehow when I shetmy eyes and run my hands over its crackely stiff whiteness, it seemed to me that the room was full of sweet little babies for me to take keer of.
I kin shet my eyes an' see it Jest as plain as plain kin be, That same old swing a-danglin' To the old apple-tree.
Gwine to keep my eyes right straight up, gwine to shet my eahs, an' see Whut ole projick Mistah Satan 's gwine to try to wuk on me.
What I raise if I don't get shet of it right away, the people get shet of it for me.
Lots ob folks w'at done all sorts ob t'ings, shet up 'atween de leds ob dat book.
Get shetof her once for all, and be a man; can't ye?
We'll take it mighty soft and spry and shet it up in Bob's safe.
Now help my arms ter keep hit with me, 'n' pray the Lawd ter make my haid larn all the larnin' hit's gotshet up in thar!
Wall I went into one of 'em and sot down, and I guess if they hadn't of shetup the show I'd a bin sottin' thar yet.
And I jist told her if she had kept her mouth shet she wouldn't hav swallered so much of the pond.
Now, he's either got to hire a man to open and shet the doors every time a train comes rippety-clickin' through or sell out and move on like a Injun.
Have to shet Smoke up in the shack; howcome Swickey kin explain it to him so 'st he won't have bad feelin's.
He won't work fur the ole man, so he gits him a job with the Great Western to be shet of him.
As a friend you kinshet up," Applehead retorted pettishly.
Wait, I'll shet the gate an' ride to the barn with you.
They could shet 'im up tight by jest gettin' a nigger nurse-gal to tote a lusty one back to his desk while he was at work.
I don't know whether she designs to have all the business houses in Chester closed that day, but she'd naturally expect you and Jim to shet up an' take it in.
He shet at me ful hastily An arwe named Company, The whiche takel is ful able To make these ladies merciable.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "shet" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
