shun
verb (used with object)
to keep away from (a place, person, object, etc.), from motives of dislike, caution, etc.; take pains to avoid.
was shunning
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past progressiveof shun.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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At 23, he was shunning calypso parties and giving private Arabic lessons in his neighborhood here in Enterprise, about 20 miles south of Port of Spain, the capital of Trinidad and Tobago.
From New York Times ● Feb. 21, 2017
On our return we realised he was shunning his regular toys in favour of the Motorbike Game.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 11, 2014
It was "shunning," or treating the offender as if he were dead.
From Time Magazine Archive
It’s funny: the whole time she was shunning me, I was fixated on her charm bracelet.
From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone
They should know that when I was shunning prayer because I was so bad, my badness became more abandoned than ever it had been before.
From Santa Teresa an Appreciation: with some of the best passages of the Saint's Writings by Alexander Whyte
