The children had learned by many bitter lessons to fight shy of him.

He fought shy of them these days for just that reason.

Pa, he always warned us boys to fight shy of women.

But generally speaking, he was a man to fight shy of.

But she wasn't a ship you could afford to fight shy of.

One should not fight shy of laying down one's life.

It is because my enemies know I carry this that they fight shy of me.

Had she pressed for more, he might well have fought shy of the little he'd said.

Though he continued for some time to fight shy of us, we from then on saw him go past the windows.