How to Use shun in a Sentence

shun

verb

• 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
• Over the last four to five years she has been humiliated in the press and shunned by many friends.
  — oregonlive.com, 21 June 2019
• Sun Yang was back in the pool but with none of the rancor from the previous night when he was booed and shunned on the medals podium.
  — Beth Harris, baltimoresun.com, 24 July 2019
• 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
• As a youth growing up in Milwaukee, Wade said gay boys were shunned.
  — James Causey, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 June 2019
• 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
• Purists who shun the notion of ice cream in their Old Fashioned can order the classic cocktail, of course.
  — Lori Rackl, chicagotribune.com, 26 June 2019
• 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
• Uruguay is a place that shuns extremes — where abrasive politics is frowned upon.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 25 Feb. 2025
• Curry shunned his usual concerns about pulling out his gesture too early.
  — Marcus Thompson Ii, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025