shooed; shooing; shoos
: to scare, drive, or send away by or as if by crying shoo
shooed us away from the kitchen
Examples of shoo in a Sentence
Verb
We tried to help her, but she shooed us away.
He shooed the cat out of the house.
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Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2023
Then a brazen party-goer in a cut-off T-shirt and a pair of jean shorts struts up to the big bear, clearly attempting to shoo it away from the party.
—Sage Marshall, Field & Stream, 7 Sep. 2023
Shortly before a Monitor correspondent met Bajrang and Mala, police had shooed them away from their spot.
—Srishti Jaswal, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Sep. 2023
The deputy shoos the tattooed man away, then quickly turns and walks off himself, leaving the handcuffed man defenseless and unattended.
—Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2023
Harried but good-humored, Sylvie wraps the tap, deposits the woman on a sofa in the cluttered backstage green room, and shoos the chicken in after her.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 5 June 2023
At the height of bad air quality, on Wednesday, city libraries closed, shooing out some of the unhoused New Yorkers who depend on them for shelter.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 8 June 2023
In Las Vegas for Pac-12 media day, Harlan shooed away any notion that Utah could be on the move.
—Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 21 July 2023
Eventually, the managers called the police, who shooed the striking workers down the street.
—Greg Jaffe, Anchorage Daily News, 18 June 2023
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Verb
Fingers crossed, security won’t shoo sitters off the steps.
—Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2023
Then a brazen party-goer in a cut-off T-shirt and a pair of jean shorts struts up to the big bear, clearly attempting to shoo it away from the party.
—Sage Marshall, Field & Stream, 7 Sep. 2023
Shortly before a Monitor correspondent met Bajrang and Mala, police had shooed them away from their spot.
—Srishti Jaswal, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Sep. 2023
The deputy shoos the tattooed man away, then quickly turns and walks off himself, leaving the handcuffed man defenseless and unattended.
—Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2023
Harried but good-humored, Sylvie wraps the tap, deposits the woman on a sofa in the cluttered backstage green room, and shoos the chicken in after her.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 5 June 2023
At the height of bad air quality, on Wednesday, city libraries closed, shooing out some of the unhoused New Yorkers who depend on them for shelter.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 8 June 2023
In Las Vegas for Pac-12 media day, Harlan shooed away any notion that Utah could be on the move.
—Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 21 July 2023
Eventually, the managers called the police, who shooed the striking workers down the street.
—Greg Jaffe, Anchorage Daily News, 18 June 2023
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“Shoo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shoo. Accessed 26 Sep. 2023.
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shoo
verbˈshü
: to scare, drive, or send away by or as if by crying shoo
shooed everyone out of the kitchen
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