Example Sentences

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And. they argue, Dr. Dodrill has no proof that he was shunting it all aside and producing a "dry field" for operation, because he did not open the lower part of the heart.

From Time Magazine Archive

Perhaps a weird magnetic field was shunting all cosmic rays away from the equator.

From Time Magazine Archive

They waved at him, but had no chance to speak to him because the mass of people around them was shunting them away along the platform.

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling

Behind us, the policeman was shunting the spectators.

From Not George Washington — an Autobiographical Novel by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)

He lept six foot in the air an' snorted like he was shunting cars.

From Wild Animals I Have Known by Seton, Ernest Thompson