shadow
noun
a dark figure or image cast on the ground or some surface by a body intercepting light.
are shadowing
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present progressiveof shadow.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Phoenix, writer-director Todd Phillips, and co-writer Scott Silver are shadowing Christopher Nolan’s version of the Joker from the movie The Dark Knight, as played by Heath Ledger.
From The Verge ● Oct. 4, 2019
Rumors abound that child snatchers are shadowing the caravan, said Keila Castro, 29, who was begging by the roadside with her son Gerson, six, to raise money for a ride in a minibus.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 2, 2018
Ahead of their implementation, staff from St Mary's Sexual Assault Centre in Manchester are shadowing barristers during trials to gain a greater understanding of the process.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2015
"We are constantly surrounded by people ... who are shadowing us, following our every move and looking for any excuse to detain us," Tolokonnikova said after her release.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 18, 2014
Like vapour, now gorgeous and now delicate, they wavered, or as the giant weeds are shadowing around the diver in the Indian wave sun-drenched through all its deeps of green.
From AE in the Irish Theosophist by George William Russell
