What's the difference between shy and sny?

Shy


Definition:

  • (superl.) Easily frightened; timid; as, a shy bird.
  • (superl.) Reserved; coy; disinclined to familiar approach.
  • (superl.) Cautious; wary; suspicious.
  • (a.) To start suddenly aside through fright or suspicion; -- said especially of horses.
  • (v. t.) To throw sidewise with a jerk; to fling; as, to shy a stone; to shy a slipper.
  • (n.) A sudden start aside, as by a horse.
  • (n.) A side throw; a throw; a fling.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Philip Shaw, chief economist at broker Investec, expects CPI to hit 5.1%, just shy of the 5.2% reached in September 2008, as the utility hikes alone add 0.4% to inflation.
  • (2) The Vc was dramatically increased in the qk, slightly decreased in the shi, and close to control in the mld.
  • (3) Twellman has steadily grown in confidence as he settles into his role, though whether as a player or as an advocate he was never shy about voicing his opinions.
  • (4) It’s going to affect everybody.” The six songs from Rebel Heart released thus far do not shy away from controversy: one, Illuminati, mocks the various conspiracy theories on the internet that implicate a variety of entertainers – including Jay-Z and Lady Gaga – in membership of a shadowy ruling elite.
  • (5) But today, Americans increasingly no longer shy away from saying they oppose mosques on the grounds that Muslims are a threat or different.
  • (6) In general, we've shied away from offering opinions on the rest of the industry – I don't think it's appropriate.
  • (7) Never camera-shy, he also leaves his legacy on celluloid too.
  • (8) On the other hand, if past experience is anything to go by, this government isn’t shy of a U-turn ; and, if Whittingdale and his advisers aren’t completely deaf, they may at least detect that he would do well to keep the relish out of his voice as he announces the steps he intends to take.
  • (9) It’s as if they were a team away from the team, and they’re not shy of plugging into it.
  • (10) And just a few games shy of making history, the Warriors blew a 17-point lead and fell to the Minnesota Timberwolves – another team that didn’t even come close to making the playoffs – after forcing the game into overtime.
  • (11) She was a little shy as a child, a big reader who loved movies as much as books and thought from an early age that she would be a writer.
  • (12) By contrast, in Shy-Drager cases there was a highly significant reduction in intermediolateral column cells compared with the normal cords.
  • (13) A ceremony will take place at which Jolie will receive the child, who is said to be healthy, likeable, a bit shy and keen on football.
  • (14) A young, shy jihadi named Fouad took us into an abandoned building, where a meal was spread out on the floor.
  • (15) Sterling fell 1.3% against the dollar to $1.6495, just shy of a session low $1.6475.
  • (16) Estimates of panda numbers in the wild vary enormously due to the difficulty of collecting data about the notoriously shy animal, which lives in dense, high-altitude vegetation: the last survey required more than 35,000 volunteers.
  • (17) The move signals a change for Democrats , who have traditionally shied away from gun control in a state with a pioneer tradition of gun ownership.
  • (18) What's more, his genial stiffness and shy self-awareness give him a kind of awkward dignity compared to the preening smugness of Cruz.
  • (19) Pausing while much of the audience booed the protester, Obama responded: "We're not going to shy away from things that are uncomfortable."
  • (20) Another shy Tory, who teaches at a secondary school in north Kent, says she voted Ukip in the European elections.

Sny


Definition:

  • (n.) An upward bend in a piece of timber; the sheer of a vessel.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Both the percentage of premature deaths and the number of YPLL per death were greater among SNI members compared with NYS residents.
  • (2) Results from this investigation will contribute to the understanding of patterns of malignant disease mortality among native peoples and may be of benefit for monitoring the impact of cancer mortality among the SNI and other Native American groups.
  • (3) Heart disease, digestive diseases, and malignant neoplasms also represented important contributors to YPLL for both SNI males and females.
  • (4) Using pseudorecombinants constructed between Fny-CMV and Sny-CMV we have mapped to RNA 1 the ability to support the efficient replication of WL1-sat RNA in zucchini squash.
  • (5) The secret police - originally known as the Dina and from 1977 as the SNI - was staffed by service personnel and helped Pinochet to torture and kill opponents.
  • (6) None of these SNI neurons showed tyrosine hydroxylase-like immunoreactivity.
  • (7) This study investigated patterns of mortality among a Native American tribe, the Seneca Nation of Indians (SNI).
  • (8) But wait, SNY in New York reports that Dr Gross was once reprimanded by the New Jersey State Board of Medical Examiners for a violation relating to his work with the Active Center for Health and Wellness, which included prescribing testosterone, a matter that the doctor says was closed and has nothing to do with A-Rod.
  • (9) SNI neurons sending their axons to the IC were distributed throughout the entire rostrocaudal extent of the SNI.
  • (10) A review of SNI necrology records revealed that 55 percent (510 of 924) of the deaths between 1955 and 1984 occurred before 65 years of age.
  • (11) Almost one-half of all YPLL among the SNI were attributable to accidents and injuries.
  • (12) This in the very same week that it was revealed that Paul DePodesta, the team's vice-president of player development and amateur scouting, allegedly said three years ago :“I’m tired of hearing about the ‘86 Mets.” That statement apparently caused friction between team alumni and management, but regardless, several of the 86ers signed the letter, including the beloved Keith Hernandez and Ron Darling, both of whom happen to work for SNY, the network which broadcasts most of New York's games, and is partially owned by, you guessed it, the Mets.
  • (13) The substantia nigra pars lateralis (SNI) of the rat was found, by the anterograde and retrograde tracing methods, to send projection fibers to the peripheral shell region surrounding the central nucleus of the inferior colliculus (IC), bilaterally with a clear-cut ipsilateral dominance.
  • (14) SNI males demonstrated an increased risk of premature death (odds ratio = 1.43) relative to SNI females.
  • (15) This study compares cancer incidence among the Seneca Nation of Indians (SNI) between 1955 and 1984 with cancer incidence patterns exhibited by the general population of New York State (NYS), exclusive of New York City.
  • (16) The cohort for this study consisted of all members of the SNI enrolled on January 1, 1955 and residing in NYS (N = 3262).
  • (17) This study compared cancer mortality among the Seneca Nation of Indians (SNI) between 1955 and 1984 with cancer patterns exhibited by the general population of New York State (NYS), exclusive of New York City.
  • (18) The Seneca Nation of Indians (SNI) is a Native American group residing primarily in western New York State (NYS).
  • (19) Decreased cancer incidence was observed for all sites combined with SNI males exhibiting 64% of expected incidence and females exhibiting 53% of expected incidence.
  • (20) Two strains of CMV were used in this study: Fny-CMV, which replicates the WL1-sat RNA efficiently in all hosts tested; and Sny-CMV, which does not replicate the WL1-sat RNA to detectable levels in zucchini squash (Cucurbita pepo), but does replicate WL1-sat RNA efficiently in other hosts.

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