Sentence examples for shun attention from inspiring English sources

Further, Ms. Bell said that many former convicts shun attention, even if that means abdicating their voting rights.

"I have been amazed by [Bainbridge's] ability to secure permission to study groups who shun attention," says Roger Finke, a sociologist at Pennsylvania State University in State College.

Tóibín's Mary (Fiona Shaw) shuns attention, or, at least, a particular kind of attention.

Mr. Spann said his son was a hard worker who shunned attention and had a keen moral sense.

Until now, they have avoided publicity in their efforts, and the youngest Rockefeller generations have generally shunned attention.

Mr. Kaczynski, who once shunned attention, now has chosen a job for which being the Unabomber's brother is a calling card.

On our tour, our guide pointed out a seat at the end of Row T where Milton Hershey, who shunned attention and liked to slip in and out a side door, used to sit.

Parsons shunned attention and described himself as "Utah's forgotten inmate".

Wilde was freed from Holloway and, shunning attention, went into hiding at the house of Ernest and Ada Leverson, two of his firm friends.

Unlike most other polygamists, who shun any attention for their choice of lifestyle, Mr. Green has reveled in it.

He shunned public attention and spent his time quietly with the townspeople in Nanticoke.