shy
Example Sentences
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Playing for Tasmania in a Sheffield Shield game in Hobart, Ponting was a few days shy of his 20th birthday and nearing a century.
From BBC
And the office should not shy away from cutting funds to schools that don’t comply, he said.
From Los Angeles Times
The couple’s two children are usually game for leftovers, too, and Schlesinger isn’t shy about relaying how much effort goes into making them appetizing.
The Treasury hinted heavily that changes would be made, but Reeves shied away from the more drastic option of scrapping VAT exemptions on the whole scheme entirely.
From BBC
He came up one rebound shy of a triple-double, dropping 43 points, 13 assists and nine rebounds.
From Los Angeles Times
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