shirker

Example Sentences

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“They ought to think about other people rather than themselves,” she said of the shirkers.

From Washington Post

On Tuesday, the British government announced that masks would be mandatory in all shops — and shirkers could be fined $125.

From Washington Post

Yesterday, Guardian journalist Amelia Gentleman highlighted some peak social distance shaming when she tweeted a photo of someone’s window plastered with posters revealing that their upstairs neighbor was a social-distance shirker.

From The Guardian

My core has been like a phantom employee, a shirker who’s on the payroll but spends all day playing Candy Crush on his phone.

From Washington Post

Could you have a compassionate, thoughtful system that truly punishes only the lurking shirkers?

From Washington Post