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
• 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
• Top advisers have been shunned, then brought back into the fold.
  — Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 1 May 2024
• 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
• 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
• People will again shun public transit, even taxis and ride apps.
  — Sharon Begley, STAT, 1 May 2020
• Gerry was shunned on the street and—especially hurtful—in the sailing club.
  — Rebecca Panovka, Harper's Magazine, 9 Feb. 2024
• While some workers may shun AI, the temptation to use it is very real for others.
  — Caitlin Harrington, WIRED, 7 July 2023
• The real estate market is still in a deep slump and foreign investors have shunned the stock market.
  — Alena Botros, Fortune Asia, 27 June 2024
• She’s shunned from the sect once her purity is compromised by Joseph.
  — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 May 2024
• Cool Biz traces its roots to the 1970s, when Japanese were heeding some of the same advice that Americans shunned.
  — Hisako Ueno, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2023
• On the album artwork, Lyte was fully covered in a sweatsuit and hanging with the guys while a woman in a miniskirt and red heels was shunned to the side.
  — Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2023
• My granddaughter has not asked me to shun anyone who is anti-gay.
  — Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 13 Apr. 2021
• Despite these children being shunned, Adam, a Filipino-Chinese boy, decides to help a wingboy learn how to fly – therefore going on a journey that helps Adam embrace his whole self.
  — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2024
• Similarly to how no one advised investors to avoid stocks after Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi scheme, the usage of crypto to perpetrate scams and frauds doesn’t mean everyone should shun crypto.
  — Laura Shin, TIME, 29 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 14 Dec 2024