Sentence examples for attempt to shirk from inspiring English sources

"It is a transparent attempt to shirk the department's duty to defend the laws passed by Congress," Representative Lamar Smith, the Texas Republican who is chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, said in a statement.

RyC fellows interpreted them as either a sign of the minister's ignorance of their situation or an attempt to shirk his and the government's responsibilities.

It's another attempt to shirk responsibility a phrase is only muttered when people half agree with you, but want to leave enough leeway to say, "Well, I didn't really know..

During his testimony, Speer accepted responsibility for the Nazi regime's actions An observer at the trial, journalist and author William L. Shirer, wrote that, compared to his codefendants, Speer "made the most straightforward impression of all and... during the long trial spoke honestly and with no attempt to shirk his responsibility and his guilt".

But PETA is outraged by what we see as his cavalier attempts to shirk responsibility.

"Frankly," says the Telegraph, "the French are attempting to shirk their responsibilities and transfer their problems to Britain".

"This coalition of attorneys general have actively opposed this administration's repeated attempts to shirk its legal responsibility to protect the public from dangerous levels of ozone pollution, and they are standing on very firm legal ground in this case".  .

But all the tasks you try to shirk Will not just go away.

But it's easy to imagine scenarios where companies might try to shirk responsibility.

Real men don't run from challenges or try to shirk their obligations.

He saw it as an attempt by police to shirk responsibility for their alleged failings in investigating the case.