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 as long as your eye will recognize a difference between what is on the canvas and what ought to be there, you have not done your best, and you are shirking if you stop.
From The Painter in Oil A complete treatise on the principles and technique necessary to the painting of pictures in oil colors by Daniel Burleigh Parkhurst
