Reasonably enough, instinctively in fact, she shunnedthe hollow of an English ear.
She could not bring it to her lips to say (she would have shunned the hearing) that her defence of Beauchamp, which was a shadowed avowal of the state of her heart, was based on his desire to read to her the conclusion of Dr.
Adversity is solitary, while prosperity dwells in a crowd; the object of persecution being sure to be shunned by his nearest friends and dearest connections.
I shunned the society of my former companions of the same age.
He was stared at by the boys, and shunned by the citizens, for none knew him.
Since that day have I shunned the abode of all men save those who live remote from any settlement.
His eyes no longer turned to her with the old candour; he shunned her questioning look.
He shunned her company even, and seemed more at ease with his father, who was proud beyond words of his tall, handsome son.
I hardly know a work that would publish your article all at once, and 'to be continued' are words shunned like a pestilence.
I shunned his eyes--the faithful man's, I shunned the toiling Hassan's glance.
Good," said the King; "and the Witan will condemn him now, as it would have condemned when he shunned to meet it.
Had it been so, it would have retreated into the woods, where, by climbing a tree, it might easily have shunned the encounter.
Had he been more careful about the selection of their camping-place, and looked upon its smooth reddish or tan-coloured bark and closely-set leaves of glossy green, he would have recognised and shunned it.
All through the summer the coyotes shunned the specter of living death that plodded silently up and down the valleys and the ridges.
Coyotes had fed with him long ago but shunned him now.
It was whispered that it was the work of fairies or gnomes, and the dell is shunned by all who have ever heard the tale.
Many a time had a Wyvern been saved from danger and perhaps from death by a timely warning from one of the gipsy folk; and from a child she went fearlessly amongst them, though all men else shunned and hated them.
Quite the contrary; he has particularly shunned it with me.
She shunned every one, even Liddy, and could be brought to make no confidences, and to ask for no sympathy.
Troy threw the coin dexterously across the front plot and over the fence towards Gabriel, who shunned it in its fall, his face turning to an angry red.
He nourished it fearfully, and almost shunned the contemplation of it in earnest, lest facts should reveal the wildness of the dream.
Since the recent battle the French admiral had avoided an encounter, although superior in force; but he now shunned it more cautiously than ever.
If there should be one amongst them who knows better, he is a wonder, is forced to beg his bread and is shunned by all the other men of law.
Undoubtedly the Seal of Confession is inexorable; according to the Catholic view it possesses a sacramental sanction and surrounds, like a protecting rampart, the sanctuary of the Sacrament of Penance, which otherwise would be shunned by all.
It has absolutely no justification for existence, and should be shunned by every real aspirant to literary excellence, no matter how many glittering inducements it seems to hold out.
This pair, shunned by all honest folk, were suspected of the most hideous practices.
He shunned Maulevrier from that time as much as possible, showed himself but little, and held his peace.
Emden desired nothing more ardently than to follow his father, and would not have shunned martyrdom in the cause.
Like a leper it wasshunned by respectable investigators.
In this unsound state of mind he shunnedall active work; to meditate idly and draw up formulas were his chief occupations.
Even his friends greeted him coldly, shunned him, excluded him from the social reunions he loved, and left him to the persecution of his adversaries.
Nine nights she employed in her search, and during that time came not within the doors of her palace nor under any roof, and shunned all intercourse with mortals.
He shunned all the rest of the nymphs, as he had done poor Echo.
Aeneas, following the advice of Helenus, shunned the dangerous pass and coasted along the island of Sicily.
Do you wonder, with such a story abroad, that the Horselburg was shunned by old and young?
Despoiled of their rich garments and shunned by all, they knew not which way to turn.
Especially she shunned Nutt's shop as she would have shunned a pesthouse; although this course obliged her to go two miles farther to another village to procure necessaries whenever she had money to pay for them.
This man had taken a fancy to Cesarini; and, in some hours Cesarini had shunned him less than others,--for they could alike rail against all living things.
He became gloomy and almost morose; he shunned Evelyn, he forbore to enter into the lists against his rival.
They shunned no labor; they were afraid of none; and they could always find their way to a living.
I have never shunned to expose my life for the weal of my kingdom.
His mistress turned slowly; she knew the horses waited; she had shunned this ceremony of farewell, and never thought any would be bold enough to venture here without permission sought and gained.
Within these few years, a young man of good appearance was known to have taken up his abode here; he shunned all observance, only holding communion with a poor family who procured him what necessaries he needed.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "shunned" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
