| Even before this incident, Republicans in the South had grown increasingly gun-shy on the preference issue. |
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| Some countries are gun-shy, hesitant to send peacekeepers into what the Pentagon now admits is a raging guerrilla war. |
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| I was really gun-shy about signing anything, let alone signing a contract with a management company. |
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| Drew is gun-shy talking about himself, knowing all too well his reputation. |
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| No wonder so many people dislike and ignore advertising, and so many business owners feel gun-shy about investing in serious campaigns. |
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| Surprisingly, the U.S. government was a bit gun-shy about switching subs from diesel engines and batteries to nuclear fuel. |
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| Despite all the money that the central bank has pumped out, industrial companies remain gun-shy about taking on new debt to finance investment. |
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| Once this starts working, you'll be less gun-shy about selling higher-priced items. |
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| Did it make you gun-shy about attempting a super-production like that as a director? |
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| Do try not to be gun-shy because of your history, or you will become immobilized by the fear of hooking up with yet another friend of Dorothy. |
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| France wants to lead the effort jointly with Britain, but the U.K., also gun-shy after the Iraq war, backs the NATO tack. |
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| But he is sometimes a little gun-shy about partisan conflicts. |
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| But if you put pressure on him, he's awful throwing outside the pocket and also has a tendency to get gun-shy, and he starts throwing off his back foot. |
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| With the stock market grinding down the value of shares, gun-shy investors are flocking to bonds to diversify assets and safeguard their investment dollars. |
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| So what does the 26-page report say to reassure gun-shy men who fear they might be put through the ringer by biased child custody awards or draconian child support laws? |
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| Tech execs are understandably gun-shy about expressing optimism. |
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| But if psychology is in fact beginning to shift in Europe, it could well make it easier for gun-shy governments to push through more meaningful reforms. |
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| I know the U. S. is right now dealing with R-CALF, and they're a bit gun-shy about putting rule 3 on the table before their issues with R-CALF are settled. |
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| Since the National Energy Program fiasco in the early 1980s, the federal government has been particularly gun-shy about treading on provincial toes regarding resource matters. |
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| Tight credit markets and gun-shy lenders mean appraisers are often pushed to be conservative with their valuations and come in below market. |
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| Yet when Cooper rescues a wounded, gun-shy yellow Lab gone feral, helping an animal in distress to heal gradually teaches him the importance of forgiveness. |
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| As a result, investors are still gun-shy about returning to the industry. |
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| I'm not going to become gun-shy just because he put me down. |
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| But banks are also gun-shy, he said, and that is cutting into profits. |
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| Behind his barricade of barrels, Sam heard and shivered like a gun-shy collie at a turkey shoot. |
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| Now, obviously gun-shy after the Paris terrorist attacks, the appeals court has again put its head in the sand and not stood up for the privacy rights of We the People. |
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| Lewinsky said that she found herself gun-shy yet again, as she was fearful of becoming an issue if Hillary decided to ramp up her campaign for office. |
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