shirk something
shirk doing something
shirk from something
shirk from doing something

Before, he had always shirked work when it was possible.

It seemed to her that she had shirked the hard work.

Not to act would be to shirk his responsibility to the Church.

The reason is not that they are trying to shirk responsibility.

We do want this, but are actually shirking our real responsibility.

But it was not a duty he would ever shirk.

Well, he was never one to shirk a good workout.

You have always some excuse or another for shirking work.

That would be an easy way of shirking our political responsibility.

All that they had really done was to shirk their duty.

She was, certainly, generally, at least, not the sort who would shirk her work.

"We cannot allow anyone to shirk their responsibility to others and to our new beginning."

Things were far too complicated for shirking the truth any longer.

With you at the end awaiting me, I have never shirked.

They are responsibilities you have shirked in the past, but not this time.

With his duties, for one, and they were something which could not be shirked.

His country came calling and Johnson was not one to shirk that call.

However, it will be I who makes sure he does not shirk his duties.

It'll be work all day and the leather across your back if you shirk!

And we will not shirk difficult long-term decisions on energy.

He would not hesitate to use it on them, if they shirked.

They all considered him to be a man who shirked his duties.

The thought that he might shirk work had obviously not even occurred to her.

And she won't be able to shirk off this time.

It's a pity you shirked coming to church this morning.