shirk
verb (used with object)
to evade (work, duty, responsibility, etc.).
will shirk
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future tenseof shirk.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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This sounds like the department will shirk its responsibilities to defend students from colleges that act in bad faith or show poor judgment.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 23, 2018
We are honest men and tried; none of us will shirk his fair risk, and no man will shoot the worse because he knows his friend may get a share of the ivory.”
From Adventures of Hans Sterk The South African Hunter and Pioneer by Drayson, A. W. (Alfred Wilks)
"And so would I rather he would not, for he will shirk his work here."
From The Children of the New Forest by Marryat, Frederick
And in a marriage of enthusiastic devotion and mutual admiration, the younger or the weaker mind, however candid, will shirk or stop short of conclusions which, it instinctively feels, may lead to collision.
From The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume II (of 2) by Marshall, Florence A. Thomas
They will shirk their work, or blow in your face, or tell you anecdotes which will make you weep.
From A Knight on Wheels by Hay, Ian
