SHADOW in a Sentence
Learn SHADOW from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
241 example sentences for SHADOW, such as:
1. The house lay in dark shadow.
2. Glory is the shadow of virtue.
3. No sunshine but bath some shadow.
4. The chair casts a shadow on the wall.
5. The face of light, shadow just behind us.
2. Glory is the shadow of virtue.
3. No sunshine but bath some shadow.
4. The chair casts a shadow on the wall.
5. The face of light, shadow just behind us.
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Meanings and Examples of SHADOW
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shadow
v. make appear small by comparison
n. an inseparable companion
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 This soul is full of shadow; sin is therein committed.
2 To sacrifice the world to paradise is to let slip the prey for the shadow.
3 The shadow of the passions of the moment traversed this grand and gentle spirit occupied with eternal things.
4 Not a single sprouting ambition committed the folly of putting forth its foliage in his shadow.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XII—THE SOLITUDE OF MONSEIGNEUR WELCOME
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XII—THE SOLITUDE OF MONSEIGNEUR WELCOME
5 She saw the man stretched out in the shadow.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I—THE EVENING OF A DAY OF WALKING
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I—THE EVENING OF A DAY OF WALKING
6 When the workmen passed in the morning, they beheld this poor little being seated on the pavement, overcome with drowsiness, and often fast asleep in the shadow, crouched down and doubled up over his basket.
7 He dwelt habitually in this shadow, feeling his way like a blind man and a dreamer.
8 He thinks of the gloomy adventures of the corpse in the limitless shadow.
9 This created, outdoors, alternate shadow and gleams of light, eclipses, then bright openings of the clouds; and indoors a sort of twilight.
10 Jean Valjean was in the shadow, and stood motionless, with his iron candlestick in his hand, frightened by this luminous old man.
11 In his shadow could be seen germinating that future advocate-general of Broe, dedicated to the sarcasms of Paul-Louis Courier.
12 The Duc de Berri, already surveyed from the shadow by Louvel, had just been married to a princess of Sicily.
13 Though she had emerged from the most unfathomable depths of social shadow, she bore on her brow the sign of the anonymous and the unknown.
14 A smoky tap-room presented itself; they entered, and the remainder of their confidential colloquy was lost in shadow.
15 The shadow which they bear in their glance denounces them.
Example Sentence: (31 in 3 pages)
1 Johnny cries whenever he must say hello to an adult; he is afraid of his own shadow.
2 Johnson returned to the track after his ban but was a shadow of his former self.
3 The chair casts a shadow on the wall.
4 The face of light, shadow just behind us.
5 This street so empty your shadow was in every corner.
6 The dog that has been beaten with a stick is afraid of its shadow.
7 The lighting for the production made a very effective use of shadow.
8 She used to be a great player, but now she's only a shadow of her former self.
9 Grasp the shadow and let go the substance.
10 The house lay in dark shadow.
11 Glory is the shadow of virtue.
12 Love is a lamp, while friendship is the shadow.
13 The recollection cannot diverge, looks like the shadow to remain.
14 No sunshine but bath some shadow.
15 Adidas and Reebok are two of the world's best known consumer brands, but they're in the shadow of Nike, the giant of the sportswear industry.