shied

¹ American  

[shahyd] / ʃaɪd /

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of shy.

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shied ² American  

[shahyd] / ʃaɪd /

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of shy.

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shied British  

/ ʃaɪd /

verb

1. the past tense and past participle of shy 1 shy 2

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Example Sentences

Her world consisted of this cubicle and the corridor outside—and soon I began to see the wisdom of this narrowed vision, and why prisoners instinctively shied away from questions about their larger lives.

From Literature

Head coach Eddie Howe has, naturally, shied away from such proclamations and wanted to protect a left-back who is still only 21.

From BBC

Stentor shied at the city lights and threw his tail.

From Literature

So far, companies have raised spending expectations and largely shied away from giving specific guidance around buybacks.

From The Wall Street Journal

He has embarrassingly conflated Iraq and Iran, and backpedaled on whether the U.S. is at war, but he has never shied away from a cable news hit.

From Salon