Shying

The word on the street is that comedians are kind of shying away from making fun of Obama. ❋ Unknown (2008)

It's slimming, but I think we saw so much of it at the SAG Awards and the Golden Globes that the women are kind of shying more towards the pinks and the reds, the burgundy, a little more color. ❋ Unknown (2002)

If we had been born Hindoos, we should, at such times, exhibit our skittish tendencies, "shying" at the sun-eating monster with nervous apprehension, and should doubtless do our best, through horrid yells and tintinnabulations, towards getting up a tremendous counter-irritation upon the earth that should tell mightily on the nerves of this umbratilous tiger in the heavens. ❋ Various (N/A)

A less profitable way he had of accomplishing the same thing was by throwing, or, as youthful Americans phrase it, "shying," stones at passers-by, concealing himself meanwhile behind a screen. ❋ George Cary Eggleston (1875)

The first thing I see wrong here is he isn't meeting the exercise, he's kind of shying away from the curls to start off with. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Riccabocca, and evinced symptoms of that surprise and superstitious repugnance at unknown objects which goes by the name of "shying") -- looked askance at Riccabocca. ❋ Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton (1838)

So we nibble at the margins, shying away from the central difficulty. ❋ Tim O (2009)

No one got within a foot of him, everyone shying around him to place orders at the counter, reach for ketchup. ❋ Molly Harper (2011)

Lots of republicans out there are shying away from their party thanks to all of the gun toting, hate and violence spewing neanderthals who have hijacked the republican party. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Until now, the girl of his dreams - and fantasies - has lived in a vacuum of affection, shying away from the danger she thinks men represent. ❋ Nalini Singh (2009)

The US war machine will make sure that future profits are not jeopardized by US politicians going soft and shying away from military action, rattled by the prospect of having to face justice some time down the road. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Kroenke also appears to be shying away from overspending on glitzy stars. ❋ Jonathan Clegg (2011)

However, rather than shying away from it as a more difficult approach, my hangup about it was that my brain kept telling me it would be the cheap way out, a cop out. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Mozilla continues to (benevolently) toy with Firefox fans, making a third Firefox 3.5 Release Candidate available for direct download or updating through the Help-Check for Updates path, while shying away from an official announcement about a final 3.5 release date. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Eminem is known for shying away from television and radio interviews, but after Reed's persistent requests, he granted her a 15-minute phone interview. ❋ Erica Liepmann (2011)

Instead, they try not to think about it too much, shying away from stomach-turning stories about what goes on in our industrial abattoirs. ❋ Kwame Anthony Appiah (2010)