How to Use shirk in a Sentence

shirk

verb

• He never shirked from doing his duty.
• He's too conscientious to shirk his duty.
• They did their duty without shirking or complaining.
• On the road, DMX went out of his way to shirk the aura of celebrity.
  — Ben Dandridge-Lemco, Rolling Stone, 28 Dec. 2021
• When the spring thaw comes, don’t shirk the sunshine in favor of your new chess habit.
  — Janelle Randazza, USA TODAY, 2 Dec. 2020
• Just don’t try to shirk your duties or find an easy way out!
  — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 18 Mar. 2024
• While some guests may have shirked the dress code, the evening’s entertainment took the theme in earnest.
  — Vogue, 21 May 2019
• At the same time, Ardern does not plan to entirely shirk her duties while on leave.
  — Natasha Bach, Fortune, 21 June 2018
• The video was the latest sign that Mr. Lukashenko, who has ruled for 26 years, did not intend to shirk from confrontation with the West.
  — New York Times, 24 May 2021
• To do less or to dither rather than decide is to shirk our duty and betray the public’s trust.
  — Gov. Butch Otter, idahostatesman, 8 Jan. 2018
• Go beyond your two weeks of vacation; shatter the system; shirk the Man; do a new, freer kind of work!
  — Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2019
• This Italian restaurant doesn’t shirk from the classics.
  — Michael Candelaria, OrlandoSentinel.com, 21 June 2018
• Moments before, during the introductions, the thing to do had been to shirk his eye contact and look at the things in the room that weren’t him.
  — Susan Choi, The New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2020
• Unlike, say, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, he shirks scripted talking points.
  — Nash Jenkins, Time, 5 Apr. 2018
• Rather than rise to the challenge of Cavani’s presence, Martial seemed to shirk away and retreat in to himself.
  — Sam Pilger, Forbes, 29 June 2021
• The past could never quite be shirked, and the future that would cauterize the insults of that past could never get quite close enough.
  — Will Blythe, Esquire, 1 Apr. 2010
• Over years, Congress made the choice to shirk its duty and cede power to the executive branch.
  — Haley Victory Smith, Washington Examiner, 9 Sep. 2020
• And the Moon slips away, unseen, three millimeters monthly and so on etcetera till its visage will shirk this scene.
  — Christopher Cokinos, Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2020
• 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
• Shuggie is an extreme version of how most of us have to shirk off our parents to become ourselves.
  — Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2021
• But perhaps these demure little creatures have shirked the spotlight for far too long.
  — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Apr. 2020
• But with the latter, all claims to hard shirking prove disingenuous.
  — Tony Fletcher, WSJ, 1 Sep. 2017
• From the start of the ceremony, the speakers didn’t shirk references to what students faced during their time at U-M.
  — David Jesse, Detroit Free Press, 7 May 2022
• These slender, creative midfielders often shirk the physical side of the game, but that cannot be said for Gilmour.
  — SI.com, 14 July 2019
• The defendants have all tried to shirk liability from the event.
  — Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 10 May 2022
• Jesus doesn’t teach us to shirk our financial obligations, and the SBC has a lot of obligations.
  — Dominic Pino, National Review, 3 June 2021
• To ignore that—and to shirk all forms of compromise—will make this issue more partisan than ever.
  — Caroline Kitchener, The Atlantic, 22 Sep. 2017
• Wisely, the series shirks the racial stereotypes and sexist costumes of the dated comicson which it's based, and also doesn't shy away from racial issues.
  — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 6 June 2018
• Despite the sensitive restoration, the current owners didn’t shirk on modern conveniences.
  — Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 18 July 2024
• But Daltrey will never shirk from elaborating a position.
  — Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 7 June 2024

Last Updated: 9 Sep 2024