shining

[ shahy-ning ]

/ ˈʃaɪ nɪŋ /

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adjective

radiant; gleaming; bright.

resplendent; brilliant: shining talents.

conspicuously fine: a shining example.

OTHER WORDS FOR shining

1 glistening, effulgent.

2 lustrous.

3 outstanding, distinguished, eminent, prime, splendid.

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Origin of shining

First recorded before 900; Middle English s(c)hininge, schininde, Old English scinende; see shine¹, -ing²

synonym study for shining

1. See bright.

OTHER WORDS FROM shining

shin·ing·ly, adverbself-shining, adjectiveun·shin·ing, adjective

Words nearby shining

shingles, shingling, shingly, Shingon, shin guard, shining, shining cuckoo, shinju, shinkin, shinleaf, Shinner

How to use shining in a sentence

In the same shining season, he has unified both traditional and advanced concepts of value.
Aaron Judge Isn’t The New Home Run King. He’s Something More.|Santul Nerkar (santul.nerkar@abc.com)|October 5, 2022|FiveThirtyEight
For much of my early life America meant progress, the bright shining farming future.
American Agriculture Almost Ruined My Little English Farm. Now I'm Trying to Save It|James Rebanks|August 5, 2021|Time
For every political candidate, that’s always the bright shining light they see ahead of them, the possibility that in this moment, for them, everything will fall into place.
Why is Caitlyn Jenner running this particular campaign?|Philip Bump|May 6, 2021|Washington Post
As Randy notes, “Maybe there is a value in shining a light on this and asking the questions.”
Your Husband Is Definitely Gay: TLC’s Painful Portrait of Mormonism|Samantha Allen|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST

This award is fought over tooth-and-nail each year by political consultants from sea to shining sea.
The Strangest, Cheesiest, Most Brazenly False Political Ads of 2014|Jack Holmes, The Daily Beast Video|November 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Was part of the attraction to the project shining a light in this bizarre blight on America?
The Resurrection of Kristen Stewart|Marlow Stern|October 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They were, if you believed the Soviet propaganda machine, a shining example of communism at work.
Putin’s Hockey Pal Tells All: Slava Fetisov on ‘Red Army,’ Soviet Nostalgia, and What Drives Putin|Marlow Stern|October 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Call it LANifest destiny: the sense the Internet should be available, everywhere, from sea to shining sea.
Keep Our Wilderness Off Of Wi-Fi|Michael Schulson|September 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The sun was shining when they arrived at Salon, the gayest, the most coquettish, the most laughing little town in Provence.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
He saw a large building, in front of which were long, slender strips of shining steel.
Squinty the Comical Pig|Richard Barnum
Jos lifted himself on his elbow, and fixing his shining eyes on Ramona, said in Spanish, "My mother asks if you are travellers?"
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson
His dark, shining, almost too intelligent eyes looked at Nigel, and looked away.
Bella Donna|Robert Hichens
The storm, however, was over; the moon and stars were shining in a clear sky, and the aurora was dancing merrily.
The Giant of the North|R.M. Ballantyne