shies

present tense third-person singular of shy

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for shies
Verb
  • Bingo momentarily flinches, and Atlas rolls onto his back in response.
    Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Months later, Anderson, 50, still avoids crowds, doesn’t go out after dark and flinches when the doorbell rings.
    USA Today, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Lina winces at the sound of Jaya munching on an apple, made worse by the static on the line.
    Hazlitt, Hazlitt, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • For more severe cases, Orlando says procedures such as rubber band ligation (placing a small band around the base of an internal hemorrhoid to cut off its blood supply) and sclerotherapy (an injection that shrinks the hemorrhoid), may be recommended.
    Daryl Austin, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
  • For them the band shrinks to 63 to 140 mg/dL because higher glucose levels can hurt the developing fetus.
    Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2025
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“Shies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shies. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.

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