shirk
verb (used with object)
to evade (work, duty, responsibility, etc.).
are shirking
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present progressiveof shirk.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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“This is a discussion from corporations and employers that are shirking their employees on the front lines of the pandemic,” Ms. Henry said.
From New York Times ● Apr. 28, 2020
Lawyers for employees say the hospitals are shirking legal safeguards that could jeopardize retirement benefits for tens of thousands of workers.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 27, 2017
The only reason this shocking statistic persists is because too many adults are shirking their duty.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 3, 2017
The lawsuits argue that the hospitals are shirking legal safeguards that could mean losses of retirement benefits for tens of thousands of workers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 2, 2016
But of the remainder, two hundred and more of whom are able-bodied, most are shirking.
From Indiscreet Letters From Peking Being the Notes of an Eye-Witness, Which Set Forth in Some Detail, from Day to Day, the Real Story of the Siege and Sack of a Distressed Capital in 1900—The Year of Great Tribulation by Putnam Weale, B. L. (Bertram Lenox)
