shooed; shooing; shoos
: to scare, drive, or send away by or as if by crying shoo
shooed us away from the kitchen
Examples of shoo in a Sentence
Verb
We tried to help her, but she shooed us away.
He shooed the cat out of the house.
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R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
As the screaming continued, the terrified neighbor, 44, shooed her young sons away from the door and looked through the peephole into the hallway, watching as the assailant stabbed the helpless woman in the back of her neck with a knife at least 8 inches long.
—Ellen Moynihan, New York Daily News, 1 Feb. 2025
As Liverpool head coach Arne Slot was receiving one of his own after sarcastically shaking referee Michael Oliver’s hand, Doucoure could be seen in the background sporting a grin and shooing Virgil van Dijk away.
—Patrick Boyland, The Athletic, 12 Feb. 2025
Drake has had some weird interactions with fans throughout his career, so his latest video shooing a drone away from his penthouse seemed par for the course.
—Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 19 Feb. 2025
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Verb
The look perfectly pairs with the pastoral setting, as if geese might gather near the kitchen door and need to be shooed away.
—R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
As the screaming continued, the terrified neighbor, 44, shooed her young sons away from the door and looked through the peephole into the hallway, watching as the assailant stabbed the helpless woman in the back of her neck with a knife at least 8 inches long.
—Ellen Moynihan, New York Daily News, 1 Feb. 2025
As Liverpool head coach Arne Slot was receiving one of his own after sarcastically shaking referee Michael Oliver’s hand, Doucoure could be seen in the background sporting a grin and shooing Virgil van Dijk away.
—Patrick Boyland, The Athletic, 12 Feb. 2025
Drake has had some weird interactions with fans throughout his career, so his latest video shooing a drone away from his penthouse seemed par for the course.
—Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 19 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for shoo
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“Shoo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shoo. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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