What is "shying away from"

Usage examples of "shying away from".

Now Washoe was shying away from gunfights and trying to settle itself down to an orderly existence.

They rmilled around on the sidewalk, instinctively shying away from Kovac, smelling cop.

He saw now the shimmer and dance of aery spirits flocking around him, and shying away from Liath.

I walked into the parlor, shying away from his touch but not resolute enough to push him off.

And now that the Servants of the Holy Trinity were stirring up talk of burning out the whole of the Ghetto, being in a visible position of leadership was something all other Strega were shying away from.

So south I went, talking to myself most of the time, and shying away from everyone and everything except the meanest villages, where I put in for provisions.

Can and Punch crept out from under the ute, shying away from Bruce and his rifle.