shirk
verb (used with object)
to evade (work, duty, responsibility, etc.).
shirks
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present tense formof shirk (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
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
An electric runner, skilful with both her hands and boot, who never shirks the tough stuff - any side in the world would miss Ellie Kildunne.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2025
Everybody else just sort of shirks because they think they own the room.
From Salon ● Nov. 21, 2022
The rainbow house shirks those safer sensibilities in an effort to include all family members regardless of age in the styling of the house.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 15, 2022
And let me tell you he who shirks The responsibility Of seeing right, is doing wrong, And earns humility.
From Revised Edition of Poems by Bill o'th' Hoylus End
