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  • noun Plural form of shadowbox.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of shadowbox.

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Examples

  • I don't know what your plans are for the returned awards, but many of us display military awards in shadowboxes, which are available from stores that sell stuff to military people, like Ranger Joe's and the US Cavalry Store.

    Is That Legal?: Uncle Leo's Medals: An Astonished Update 2007

  • Ari writes about Victorian shadowboxes for a class assignment on page 110.

    The Season of Risks Susan Hubbard 2010

  • Ari writes about Victorian shadowboxes for a class assignment on page 110.

    The Season of Risks Susan Hubbard 2010

  • Ari writes about Victorian shadowboxes for a class assignment on page 110.

    The Season of Risks Susan Hubbard 2010

  • She's not a fighter -- she's a capitulator who shadowboxes.

    Bill Clinton: Media Acted Like Hillary Was "Just Making Up All This Stuff" On Bosnia 2009

  • He shadowboxes, does a few squats, deep-knee beds, a dozen pushups.

    Dr. Maroon 2009

  • Although his talent is immediately obvious, his style actually encompasses a wider range of capabilities: illustrations, paintings, shadowboxes, mixed media - multiple forms of expression each yielding multiple levels of fascinations.

    REVIEW: Cover Story: The Art of John Picacio 2006

  • But now we have Bryn to make us grin sheepishly over such notions as "L is for Leo who swallowed some tacks," rendered in her signature Steampunk style, and thanks to KK Jewell and arcspace, we can see all twenty-six of the shadowboxes rezzed together in one place at an arcspace show that opened today.

    Archive 2008-07-01 Bettina Tizzy 2008

  • But now we have Bryn to make us grin sheepishly over such notions as "L is for Leo who swallowed some tacks," rendered in her signature Steampunk style, and thanks to KK Jewell and arcspace, we can see all twenty-six of the shadowboxes rezzed together in one place at an arcspace show that opened today.

    Edward Gorey's alphabet gets Steampunk'd Bettina Tizzy 2008

  • Very much the modern athlete, he takes aerobics classes, hikes for miles on the Stairmaster and shadowboxes underwater.

    Puncher Vs. Preacher 2008

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