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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Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 19 June 2024
Thomas had one of her most efficient outings of 2024, shooing 5-for-7 from the field and finishing with a team-leading plus-minus of plus-21.
—Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 29 May 2024
Here, Ruffin and Williams shoo all the scary stuff away.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2024
Adults shooed children away and then removed bags of crack hidden in cutouts in the chairs.
—Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 May 2024
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Verb
Casey Stengel sat two rows in front of us, and his handlers were shooing fans away.
—Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 19 June 2024
Thomas had one of her most efficient outings of 2024, shooing 5-for-7 from the field and finishing with a team-leading plus-minus of plus-21.
—Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 29 May 2024
Here, Ruffin and Williams shoo all the scary stuff away.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2024
Adults shooed children away and then removed bags of crack hidden in cutouts in the chairs.
—Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 May 2024
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“Shoo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shoo. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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