SHINING in a Sentence
Learn SHINING 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.
242 example sentences for SHINING, such as:
1. Carreen's eyes were shining oddly.
2. A bright star was shining in the East.
3. The sky was blue and the sun was shining.
4. Although the sun was shining it wasn't very warm.
5. She is a shining example of how to organize your time.
2. A bright star was shining in the East.
3. The sky was blue and the sun was shining.
4. Although the sun was shining it wasn't very warm.
5. She is a shining example of how to organize your time.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of SHINING
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shining
a. made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow
a. marked by exceptional merit
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 The kitchen was a poor place, not "spruce" and shining as his mother had kept it in his boyhood; but it was surprising what a homelike look the mere fact of Zeena's absence gave it.
2 When he re-entered the kitchen the lamp lit up the same scene of shining comfort as on the previous evening.
3 She was shining black, pure African, devoted to her last drop of blood to the O'Haras, Ellen's mainstay, the despair of her three daughters, the terror of the other house servants.
4 The heavy mahogany table and sideboards, the massive silver, the bright rag rugs on the shining floor were all in their accustomed places, just as if nothing had happened.
5 Then, suddenly, an idea, shining and new, flashed like a comet through her brain.
6 The musicians clambered upon their platform, black, grinning, their fat cheeks already shining with perspiration, and began tuning their fiddles and sawing and whanging with their bows in anticipatory importance.
7 Scarlet and gold sashes swung to and fro, sabers glittered and banged against shining boots, spurs rattled and jingled.
8 Melanie, her eyes shining with joy, her head ducked with embarrassed pride, told her she was going to have a baby.
9 Men lay down to die, and the last sight that met their puzzled eyes was the rails shining in the merciless sun, heat shimmering along them.
10 As she looked, two streams of blood crept across the shining floor, one from his face and one from the back of his head.
11 When she opened her eyes she was lying on the back porch, her head pillowed comfortably on Melanie's lap, and the afternoon sunlight was shining on her face.
12 Carreen's eyes were shining oddly.
13 He should come home on a prancing horse, dressed in fine clothes and shining boots, a plume in his hat.
14 The day came when his pale blue eyes, perfectly cognizant of his surroundings, fell upon Carreen sitting beside him, telling her rosary beads, the morning sun shining through her fair hair.
15 Their faces beneath their sun-bonnets were sallow and malarial- looking but shining clean and their freshly ironed calicoes glistened with starch.
Example Sentence: (32 in 3 pages)
1 She is a shining example of what people with disabilities can achieve.
2 There are lots of shining siliery thread on my back,controlling all my action.
3 Although the sun was shining it wasn't very warm.
4 Daylight was dawning; a troop of horses coming from Latium caught sight of the shining helmet of Euryalus and challenged him.
5 The sky was blue and the sun was shining.
6 She is a shining example of how to organize your time.
7 We looked up to you as a shining example of devotion to the scientific cause.
8 I remember it was on a fine morning with the sun shining down.
9 The light was shining in his eyes and he could not see.
10 The sunlight shining through the branches made a filigree pattern on the tiles.
11 A bright star was shining in the East.
12 Under the double pressure of curiosity and prospective gain he did it with such spirit that he accomplished a shining success.
13 And he did "tackle it again" -- and under the double pressure of curiosity and prospective gain he did it with such spirit that he accomplished a shining success.
14 If the shining cone of Kilimanjaro melts, the world will have lost something of great beauty.
15 The moment of death had obsessed him from childhood, when he had acquired that slight crouch, protecting his neck from the shining blade of the guillotine that might slice through.