Sentence examples for shy of breaking from inspiring English sources

This city is one train shy of breaking even.

Lewis is 154 yards shy of breaking Eric Dickerson's single-season record of 2,105 yards.

In 2008, a computer program called Elbot came just one vote shy of breaking Turing's 30 percent silicon ceiling.

Tendulkar was out just 15 runs shy of breaking Brian Lara's record of 11,953 runs in Test cricket.

That gives Brady 30 touchdown passes, 20 shy of breaking Manning's single-season record with half the season to play.

Ed Belfour stopped 26 Colorado shots and Patrick Roy, who remains four triumphs shy of breaking the N.H.L. record for career victories, made 19 saves.

Japan fared the best among major Asian markets, with the Nikkei 225 average closing just shy of break-even, 0.1% down, at 12,914.66.

They're just a few games shy of the unwanted feat of breaking RSL's 18 game winless record.

Anecdotally it seems that record companies are shying away from signing new bands, due in part to the cost of "breaking" four people (as opposed to one singer).

I've seen shy people and they usually turn out to be the best friends, it's just a matter of breaking them out of their shell.

There was just a certain kind of idea that this area is kind of sacred, and it's for you to be free and not feel inhibited or shy about breaking out of what otherwise might be a comfort zone for many people to remain in.