Sentence examples for would shirk from inspiring English sources

I don't think that he would shirk doing an in-depth piece about Amazon.

"To do so would shirk the duty that senators have sworn to carry out".

I support our president for his leadership and resolve in shouldering a responsibility that others would shirk (front page, March 20).

Dumbfounded that the agency that booked the flight would shirk the rebooking responsibilities, I called Expedia back about 90 minutes later, but it was too late.

Without public enforcement, dams can't really be tolled; it's likely that too many free riders would shirk their responsibility to pay for the protection they afford.

I would shirk my duties and go out for a bike ride instead with one of those e-cigs.

That's why, when booking my first visit to the White Isle, I'd shirk the day-glo, ball-sweaty eye-swivelling thrills of San Antonio for an Ibiza Town hotel way beyond my means, with a flavour of bad taste provided by a trip to Paris's show.

I used to feel anxious to wake in the morning and find emails sent in the wee hours, feeling like I'd shirked responsibilities, or embarrassed to pass up a social activity in favor of hitting the hay.

Because I'd shirked a respectable career to become a writer, letting a lot of people down, I saw that house as a kind of opportunity to be redeemed.

His men also saw that he would not only look out for his rookie pilots, but would not shirk the dangers of ground attack sorties.

France said it "would not shirk its responsibilities".