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  • past tense form of shine.
  • past participle of shine.
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shone

American  
[shohn, shon] / ʃoʊn, ʃɒn /

verb

  1. a simple past tense and past participle of shine.


shone British  
/ ʃɒn, ʃəʊn /

verb

  1. the past tense and past participle of shine

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Kellie Shone said her feelings towards all three defendants were "anger, hate, hurt".

From BBC • Oct. 2, 2025

Shone Robinson, who was incarcerated for 22 years, said at the news conference that paying restitution while incarcerated was “a large hurdle.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 26, 2023

Q: The Tom Shone book reveals a lot about your filmmaking and your life.

From Washington Post • Dec. 14, 2020

But most state public health labs are not set up to perform diagnostics en masse, Dr. Shone said.

From New York Times • Jul. 23, 2020

A hair-brained sentimental trace, Was strongly marked in her face; A wildly witty-rustic grace, Shone full upon her, Her eye e'en turned on empty space, Beamed keen with honor.

From The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion by Turnbull, Robert

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