What is "shied away from"

Usage examples of "shied away from".

He had seen it in his own eyes, and he'd understood when some women had shied away from him, frightened by the dangerous edge they sensed in him.

After that, even outlaws shied away from the place for six or seven years, but from this moment to that somebody would hide out there for a while.

The horses shied away from the frenzied approach of the pack, and the prince had to beat the dogs back with his fists to make them stop lunging for the underbellies of the horses.

Something moved restlessly in his mind and he instinctively shied away from it.

Too bad Vajd& She shied away from thinking of him and tugged nervously at her hair.

My mind shied away from that place as if avoiding a white-hot poker.

The others had shied away from him as if he had the plague and he was walking by himself.

Damon had inherited his own family Gift in full measure, but all his life he had found it a curse, not a blessing, and he shied away from using it now.