Sentence examples for gun shy from inspiring English sources

"gun shy" is an acceptable phrase in written English.
It is often used to describe someone who is 'wary of getting involved with something due to a negative experience.' For example, After experiencing a traumatic car accident, Sarah became gun shy of getting behind the wheel of a vehicle.

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gun shy

adjective

Alternative spelling of gun-shy

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— have left us literally gun shy.

The New York Times

Turnovers will ensue and their receivers become gun shy.

The New York Times - Sports

The Wallaby playmaker was gun shy in Brisbane.

The Guardian - Sport

"You know, I'm just a little gun shy romantically," he said apologetically.

The New Yorker

GOVERNMENT "people are usually gun shy about public projects," Mr. Saunders commented.

The New York Times

Let's hope "Panic" is not subjected to the same fate as "Gun Shy": audience abandonment.

The New York Times

Similar(43)

And understandably gun-shy.

The New York Times - Science

It makes you gun-shy.

The New York Times

Investors are also gun-shy.

The Economist

So people are gun-shy".

The New York Times

I'm not going to get gun-shy".

The New York Times - Sports

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