Example Sentences

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The FBI had shooed McCarthy away from a different part of Dents Run a day earlier.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 6, 2023

He said he rid the staff of “sleepyheads and chair sitters” and had shooed away long-term guests.

From New York Times • Apr. 17, 2021

I would not have blamed them if they had shooed him away.

From New York Times • Sep. 1, 2017

Taisin was still inside with Mona, who had shooed Con and Kaede away once they delivered the firewood and water.

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo

He’d stopped by last night, but Nehemia had shooed him off before he could enter the bedroom.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas