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.
Recent Examples on the Web
Jordan Smith, The Indianapolis Star, 9 Oct. 2024
The man grabbed a chair from his kitchen, attempting to fend off the bear and shoo her out the door.
—Celina Tebor, CNN, 7 Oct. 2024
The kids were worn out, but there are few places to sit in Venice – security guards routinely shooed even small children who wanted to sit down in Piazza San Marco, and the city is so packed that there is very little green space.
—Jeanne O'Brien Coffey, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
But soon enough, the campers closest to the bear shooed it away.
—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2024
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Verb
The program, which started Oct. 1, allows people who lack homes but have cars to sleep in a private parking lot in Indianapolis for up to 60 days, free from the fear that they'll be shooed away by police or property owners.
—Jordan Smith, The Indianapolis Star, 9 Oct. 2024
The man grabbed a chair from his kitchen, attempting to fend off the bear and shoo her out the door.
—Celina Tebor, CNN, 7 Oct. 2024
The kids were worn out, but there are few places to sit in Venice – security guards routinely shooed even small children who wanted to sit down in Piazza San Marco, and the city is so packed that there is very little green space.
—Jeanne O'Brien Coffey, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
But soon enough, the campers closest to the bear shooed it away.
—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2024
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“Shoo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shoo. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.
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