Example Sentences

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Members of the President's ruling New Society Movement, who had heard their leader predict an 80-20 victory for himself, were shading that estimate back to 60-40.

From Time Magazine Archive

The vicarage gates were wide open, and two black figures were shading their eyes in the porch.

From Heriot's Choice A Tale by Carey, Rosa Nouchette

The master of the ceremonies places his hand as if he were shading his eyes, and gazes intently in the direction of the sacred place to which they are about to repair.

From Anthropology by Marett, R. R. (Robert Ranulph)

I observed that several gentlemen were shading their eyes, each with one hand, as if they had just come into church.

From David Copperfield by Dickens, Charles

Then he gently drew back a quantity of brown sea-weeds, which were shading his side of the pool, that he might see further into it.

From The Ravens and the Angels With Other Stories and Parables by Charles, Elizabeth Rundle