Example Sentences

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But she never shirks from the hard facts of the Du Bois history, or that of blackness in this country.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

But everything up to this point shows he never shirks a challenge, and he usually finds success.

From BBC • Jun. 20, 2025

Everybody else just sort of shirks because they think they own the room.

From Salon • Nov. 21, 2022

Daniel Zolghardri stars as a teenage cartoonist who shirks his posh family life in Princeton, New Jersey, to live alone in Trenton and try to make it as an R. Crumb-like artist.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 22, 2022

“The captain shirks the job, lads,” cried a coarse voice.

From Commodore Junk by Fenn, George Manville