'shadow' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'shadow' with 15 example sentences.
- shadow noun
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: shade within clear boundaries
: an unilluminated area
: something existing in perception only
: a premonition of something adverse
: an indication that something has been present
: refuge from danger or observation
: a dominating and pervasive presence
: a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements
: an inseparable companion
- shadow verb
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: follow, usually without the person's knowledge
: cast a shadow over
: make appear small by comparison
He is afraid of his own shadow.
Where there is light, there is also shadow.
The tree casts a shadow on the wall.
He was only a shadow of his former self.
They hid themselves in the shadows.
You cast a big shadow.
She's wearing eye shadow.
Beyond the shadow of a doubt, this is the best.
We had gone to watch the shadow puppets earlier that night.
His shadow on the wall looked sad.
The sun was hidden in the moon's shadow.
The garden is still in shadow.
Worry often gives a small thing a large shadow.
There's a blind man looking for a shadow of doubt.
They prefer the shadows rather than the spotlight.