Crossword clues for shying
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Shy \Shy\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Shied; p. pr. & vb. n. Shying.] [From Shy,
] To start suddenly aside through fright or suspicion; -- said especially of horses.
Wiktionary
n. The act of one who shies or turns aside in fear. vb. (present participle of shy English)
Usage examples of "shying".
Some of the other horses she saw being led around were still snorting and shying at shadows, anxious in the midst of unfamiliar scents and sounds.
There was no point in testing Dev’s good nature by mixing with horses that were still neighing and kicking and shying nervously.
As Willow began leading them from the stalls, they followed her without hesitation or shying at the flickering shadows cast by the lantern.
The mustang didn’t want to go inside, but she did, shying every inch of the way.
I'm a mouse caught in an earthquake, she thought in sudden panic, shying back against a wall.
She stumbled back, hand behind her, the shying horse putting paces between them as she backed away on the corpse-littered slope.
We would simply suggest that the practice of vulgar young boys in the gallery of shying peanuts and paper pellets at the tigers, and saying "Hi-yi!
Whenever he is not shying at things, or reaching after a fly, he wants to do that yet.
She read the small legend that explained the engraving, and apparently leapt to some unpleasant conclusions—her face grew fearful and she looked to Kreizler, while shying away from me.
He clung low to the saddle and the horse stayed on its feet, upslope and down, shying from this side and that as it sensed harilim.
The horse screamed and plunged—went over as the Hiua overwhelmed it, other horses shying and screaming and tearing at their tethers.