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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
sheen .
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Examples
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The upper end of the tank, full width, was a broad spillway, sheened with an inch of smooth-slipping water.
CHAPTER IX 2010
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Their jewels and cloth of gold, the deeply rich velvets and finely sheened silks that adorn them, are all eclipsed by their own insurmountable beauty.
Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer Lucy Weston 2011
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I bolted upright, gasping, heart slamming in my chest, body sheened with sweat.
Mercy Kill Lori Armstrong 2011
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I bolted upright, gasping, heart slamming in my chest, body sheened with sweat.
Mercy Kill Lori Armstrong 2011
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Their jewels and cloth of gold, the deeply rich velvets and finely sheened silks that adorn them, are all eclipsed by their own insurmountable beauty.
Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer Lucy Weston 2011
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I bolted upright, gasping, heart slamming in my chest, body sheened with sweat.
Mercy Kill Lori Armstrong 2011
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His white shirt was unbuttoned halfway down and sweat sheened on his muscular chest.
Kresley Cole Immortals After Dark: The Clan MacRieve Kresley Cole 2010
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The skin of his broad chest was damp with sweat and rain and sheened in the moonlight.
Kresley Cole Immortals After Dark: The Clan MacRieve Kresley Cole 2010
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Jake looked excited, his face already sheened with sweat, his eyes seeming about to leap from their sockets.
DIAMOND RUBY Joseph Wallace 2010
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Jake looked excited, his face already sheened with sweat, his eyes seeming about to leap from their sockets.
DIAMOND RUBY Joseph Wallace 2010
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