shoo

Example Sentences

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Harbor staff try to ease them along to the 42 floats built to accommodate the creatures and they use big wooden panels, called herding boards, to gently shoo them away from the boat docks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

It had been spooked by neighbors who were making noise to shoo it away.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2025

Not that they''re a shoo in- there's a lot of resentment against Mr Sharif and his party, who are blamed for Pakistan's economic misery.

From BBC • Feb. 1, 2024

Tillman has enough arrogance to shoo the agents away, but Ole Munch and Dot herself are still in the wind, which makes him a target, too.

From New York Times • Nov. 22, 2023

The teachers start trying to shoo everyone to their buses and waiting parents, but they’re all checking their phones, wanting to read the words for themselves.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz