Sentence examples for we shrank from from inspiring English sources

We of the ANC had always stood for a non-racial democracy, and we shrank from any action which might drive the races further apart.

We of the ANC had always stood for a non-racial democracy, and we shrank from any action which might drive the races further apart than they already were.

We shrink from the subject but cannot leave it alone.

We do not seek war, but neither do we shrink from it.

And if we get back in office and we shrink from that challenge, shame on us".

If we shrunk from the world we would be less safe and less prosperous.

Yet we shrink from the social consequences of these economic shifts.

Nor need we shrink from honestly facing conditions in our country today.

We have a devilish fascination with his ugliness — we shrink from it but want to look, too.

But that does not mean in any way we shrink from our responsibility to create that environment".

The Dirtiest Word SOME WORDS SOUND SO harsh that we shrink from using them even when they fit.