Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Preterit and past participle of shine.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- imp. & p. p. of
shine .
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
shine .
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Examples
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There in the mirror the word shone clear: STARGAZER.
The Atlantis Prophecy Thomas Greanias 2008
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Men went to happy hour to find what we call a shone today.
Magic City Trick Daddy 2010
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Men went to happy hour to find what we call a shone today.
Magic City Trick Daddy 2010
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Men went to happy hour to find what we call a shone today.
Magic City Trick Daddy 2010
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It was as if the raisin shone a light -- of hope -- on this patient's overidentification with the label, "depressed."
Jeffrey Hull, Ph.D.: You Are Not a Diagnosis Ph.D. Jeffrey Hull 2010
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Neither did they notice the hellish, dark purple light that briefly shone from the skin of the Destroyer.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Michael Leza’s Review Forum 2009
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Puddles were standing in the road, but the sun shone from a blue sky, and everywhere, on the ground, was a faint hint of budding green.
CHAPTER V 2010
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It was as if the raisin shone a light -- of hope -- on this patient's overidentification with the label, "depressed."
Jeffrey Hull, Ph.D.: You Are Not a Diagnosis Ph.D. Jeffrey Hull 2010
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It was as if the raisin shone a light -- of hope -- on this patient's overidentification with the label, "depressed."
Jeffrey Hull, Ph.D.: You Are Not a Diagnosis Ph.D. Jeffrey Hull 2010
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Talents like the Boston Red Sox's Jacoby Ellsbury and New York Yankees 'Joba Chamberlain shone bright late last season, but it's still uncertain how much they'll deliver in 2008.
milosrdenstvi commented on the word shone
I believe this word ought not to be pronounced as homonym to shown. My preferred rendering, with shorter o, has been recorded. (This notion has been influenced by certain Irishmen.)
November 11, 2010