shunned; shunning
: to avoid deliberately and especially habitually
shuns publicity
shunner
noun
Examples of shun in a Sentence
He shuns parties and social events.
After his divorce he found himself being shunned by many of his former friends.
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After being shunned by the other passengers, June sits on the floor with Nichole as the train hits the end of the line.
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EW.com, 8 Apr. 2025
For Albanese, there’s something especially sad about Australian kids shunning some of the world’s highest rates of sunshine for the artificial glare of screens.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 3 Apr. 2025
Canadian consumers are boycotting U.S. products, and tourists from the rest of the world are likely to shun the United States.
—Eswar Prasad, Foreign Affairs, 3 Apr. 2025
So it was shunned, taxed, and villainized, likened to cigarettes and made a synecdoche for America’s broken food system, in which empty calories are easier and cheaper to obtain than nutritionally dense foods.
—Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2025
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EW.com, 8 Apr. 2025
For Albanese, there’s something especially sad about Australian kids shunning some of the world’s highest rates of sunshine for the artificial glare of screens.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 3 Apr. 2025
Canadian consumers are boycotting U.S. products, and tourists from the rest of the world are likely to shun the United States.
—Eswar Prasad, Foreign Affairs, 3 Apr. 2025
So it was shunned, taxed, and villainized, likened to cigarettes and made a synecdoche for America’s broken food system, in which empty calories are easier and cheaper to obtain than nutritionally dense foods.
—Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for shun
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“Shun.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shun. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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shun
verb
shunned; shunning
: to avoid purposely or by habit
shunned her former friends
shunner
noun
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