Sentence examples for he shrink from from inspiring English sources

Mr Shlaim also argues that the Jordanian monarch should have avoided getting sucked into the war of 1967 against Israel.Nor does he shrink from enumerating the king's other faults.

Nor does he shrink from the horrors of revolutionary repression, describing in detail the executions of some 50,000 people by guillotine, shooting, mass drowning and even artillery fire.

He shrinks from an escalation that would play into the Islamists' hands.

He shrinks from his wife's touch and has erotic fantasies about Gretchen.

He shrinks from any demonstration of affection, and is considered a biological "sport".

During his leave, he shrank from questions about Iraq because he hated the cavalier ones: "So, did you kill anybody?

On the court, Wagner is all swagger and invincibility, but away from the gym, he shrinks from attention.

He shrank from it because of social convention and he knew, too, that his wife loved him and would not agree to a divorce.

Morpurgo ducks most of my attempts to uncover his process, and he shrinks from labels such as "character comic", "standup" and even "actor".

"Today, he shrinks from it, trying instead to distract our attention from the biggest issues to the smallest — from characters on Sesame Street and silly word games to misdirected personal attacks he knows are false".

He shrank from confrontation and violent statement while remaining stubborn, opinionated, and convinced beyond reason that his view of life was the one that a man of common sense should hold.