shirked; shirking; shirks
shirker
noun
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Examples of shirk in a Sentence
He's too conscientious to shirk his duty.
He never shirked from doing his duty.
They did their duty without shirking or complaining.
Recent Examples on the Web
That her son has shirked his responsibility is disgraceful.
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Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2024
Sofia isn’t afraid of work and is always taking on assignments that others would shirk at.
—Heide Janssen, Orange County Register, 17 Mar. 2024
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Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2024
Sofia isn’t afraid of work and is always taking on assignments that others would shirk at.
—Heide Janssen, Orange County Register, 17 Mar. 2024
See all Example Sentences for shirk
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“Shirk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shirk. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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shirk
verb
: to get out of doing especially what one ought to do
: avoid sense 3, evade
shirked their duty
shirker
noun
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