shooed; shooing; shoos
: to scare, drive, or send away by or as if by crying shoo
shooed us away from the kitchen
Examples of shoo in a Sentence
Verb
We tried to help her, but she shooed us away.
He shooed the cat out of the house.
Recent Examples on the Web
Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2024
In the wake of the Supreme Court’s ruling on Grants Pass, Bass is worried that neighboring communities will shoo their homeless residents into Los Angeles.
—Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2024
That price tags often reach to six figures is just a minor bother, shooed away like an annoying mosquito.
—Tiziana Cardini, Vogue, 4 July 2024
They weren't injured and the coyote left after people shooed it away, witnesses said.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 2 July 2024
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Verb
Will the Grants Pass ruling on homelessness spur smaller cities to shoo people into L.A.?
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2024
In the wake of the Supreme Court’s ruling on Grants Pass, Bass is worried that neighboring communities will shoo their homeless residents into Los Angeles.
—Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2024
That price tags often reach to six figures is just a minor bother, shooed away like an annoying mosquito.
—Tiziana Cardini, Vogue, 4 July 2024
They weren't injured and the coyote left after people shooed it away, witnesses said.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 2 July 2024
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“Shoo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shoo. Accessed 19 Aug. 2024.
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