Example Sentences

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Zacchaeus shinnies down the tree and repents, saying that that he will repay anyone he has defrauded “four times as much.”

From Time • Oct. 12, 2015

In Iron Men he shinnies up a vertical girder, using only his hands and his knees.

From Time Magazine Archive

Rani shinnies down the tree and lands beside me.

From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman

Instead, she finds a tree behind the building and shinnies up as I watch from below, holding jay's cage.

From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman

“Jo says Mrs. Merlin shinnies on her own side,” added Billy.

From Penny of Top Hill Trail by Lyford, Philip