Adjective : I am a bit shy of that sort of person. ,shy of funds. ,still a few dollars shy of our goal; an inch shy of being six feet. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used with object), verb (used without object) : to shy a stone. From Dictionary.com.
Barnaby then shied from the fight, and Smith got four minutes for roughing. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Sharks whip Avs again for 2-0 series lead] Reference
Jesse Helms, 86 He served five terms in the Senate, and he never shied from a Southern-fried filibuster to get what he wanted. From Wordnik.com. [Remember Them Well] Reference
He kind of shied away when I brought up the whole child support thing. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 12, 2007] Reference
People were just amazed because after he was diagnosed, he kind of shied away from the public eye. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 12, 2008] Reference
I don't think he spoke real good English, so he kind of shied away from you when you were talking to him. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 3, 2009] Reference
The wild horses "shied" at a fierce enemy concealed in the grass, and the tame horse shies at a strange object. From Wordnik.com. [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study] Reference
Farnsworth, as he said afterward, that the boy "shied" a little. From Wordnik.com. [The Calico Cat] Reference
I guess I must kind of shied at him 'til he noticed it; I didn't. From Wordnik.com. [Michael O'Halloran] Reference
"I could make a form for them, but they've kind of shied away from it," McKinney said. From Wordnik.com. [Tennessean.com Dickson] Reference
He added: "Awards and honours I've kind of shied away from, but this one I'm happy to take.". From Wordnik.com. [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] Reference
"Awards and honours I've kind of shied away from, but this one I'm happy to take," he told the BBC. From Wordnik.com. [Contactmusic Ltd | Latest music streams] Reference
"Awards and honors I've kind of shied away from, but this one I'm happy to take," Gilliam told the BBC. From Wordnik.com. [Latest News - UPI.com] Reference
So far, the U.S. military has shied away from that. From Wordnik.com. [Friends in the Mountains] Reference
Xu, 49, shied away from criticizing the government. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Stonewall] Reference
He shied away from that very much in the last years. From Wordnik.com. [Charles Thomson: Animals, Whores & Dialogue: The Resurrection of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson] Reference
In person, he shied away from the most ordinary social niceties. From Wordnik.com. [An Indispensable Man] Reference
Cautious lawyers might have shied away, worried about appearances. From Wordnik.com. [Running For Cover] Reference
And it has not shied away from targeting Western governments either. From Wordnik.com. [Is This The End Of Inflation?] Reference
And it has not shied away from lavishly spending on cultural events. From Wordnik.com. [Todd Reisz and Rory Hyde: Qatar's Bid for World Cup 2022: To Build a Nation or a Region?] Reference
The 48-year-old filmmaker has never shied away from difficult subjects. From Wordnik.com. [Daring Filipinos Not To Look Away] Reference
Begala, who last week called Starr "corrupt," shied away from more bashing. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Dogs Go To War] Reference
On a conference call the next day, several of her fellow senators shied away. From Wordnik.com. [Out and Down] Reference
The BJP itself has shied away from the issue since first taking power in 1998. From Wordnik.com. [BROTHER VS. BROTHER] Reference
Gore shied away from comparing himself to Clinton, which did hurt his campaign. From Wordnik.com. [Alvin McEwen: Andrew Breitbart - the NAACP's best friend and the Tea Party Movement's worst enemy] Reference
He shied away from supporting Hillary Rodham Clinton's health-care plan in 1994. From Wordnik.com. [The Buzz About Bradley] Reference
From the start, Michelle never shied away from being an African-American role model. From Wordnik.com. [Michelle Hits Her Stride] Reference
But even as companies shied away, the hits kept coming -- 2 million on Friday alone. From Wordnik.com. [Psychobreakup.Com] Reference
Sethi, 51, who founded The Friday Times 10 years ago, has never shied from controversy. From Wordnik.com. [Silencing The Dissenters] Reference
As a candidate, Orange has not shied from taking on the establishment from which he came. From Wordnik.com. [Orange devotes a familiar focus to D.C. Council chairman's race] Reference
Brett has never shied from the fact that he loves playing football, the emphasis on "playing". From Wordnik.com. [Andrew Brandt: Will Brett Favre Really Retire?] Reference
Meanwhile, Greene hasn't shied away from getting down and dirty in firing-off attacks of his own. From Wordnik.com. [Kendrick Meek, Jeff Greene Brawl While Crist Locks Up Support From Dems (VIDEO)] Reference
It realized that accession talks meant costly reforms, and shied away from pursuing Turkey's EU dream. From Wordnik.com. [The Dream of a New Turkey] Reference
But the Feds shied away from raising the national threat level to Orange (high), for fear of crying wolf. From Wordnik.com. [Moving Targets] Reference
But, lobbied heavily by the industry, it shied away from security measures that would cause delay or great expense. From Wordnik.com. ['I Put My Trust In God'] Reference
Jacob (K. Todd Freeman) is a minister's son, a mild, scholarly boy who shied away from the political activism of his fellow students. From Wordnik.com. [Sunrise In South Africa] Reference
Having shied away from Hillary Rodham Clinton's massive-and massively bureaucratic-plan, the Democrats see this as the best alternative. From Wordnik.com. [Living Politics: Plaintiff Vs. Defendant] Reference
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