Example Sentences

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Policy uncertainties have shadowed the insurance industry for months.

From Barron's • Oct. 21, 2025

Doubts have shadowed Dylan Andrews like a sticky defender.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2024

The plant is located within a web of earthquake faults, and the prospect of a longer lifespan has reignited long-running disputes over seismic safety that have shadowed the plant since construction began in the 1960s.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 30, 2022

In the process, McLaughlin has fulfilled the outsize expectations that have shadowed her since she was a teenager in New Jersey.

From New York Times • Aug. 4, 2021

My men have shadowed everybody, but so far with no result.

From The Scarlet Feather by Grefé, Will