shone
Americanverb
verb
Example Sentences
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Where the show has shone brightest has been on social media, with analysis by Deadline showing that SNL UK content received 86m views across its official accounts in its first month.
From BBC • May 17, 2026
Nearly two years after the Hollywood Arby’s closed, its cowboy hat shone again this weekend at the Stagecoach Music Festival in Indio.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2026
It makes them feel special, like Lady Luck has shone her light on them.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 27, 2026
As a novice motorman he was once confused by the glaring beams; “red lights shone in front of me like the rifle barrels of an approaching platoon.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
Its light shone pale in the dusk as she jumped down the rocks to Turtle Beach.
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
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