Shiner is an English word with synonyms like cyprinid or mackerel. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Shiner in a sentence
Related words
Shiner meaning
- One who shines; a luminary.
- One who causes things to shine; a polisher.
- A black eye.
Synonyms of Shiner
Using Shiner
- The main meaning on this page is: One who shines; a luminary. | One who causes things to shine; a polisher. | A black eye.
- Useful related words include: black eye, cyprinid, mackerel, scomber scombrus.
- In the example corpus, shiner often appears in combinations such as: and shiner.
Context around Shiner
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 5 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 14 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Shiner
- In this selection, "shiner" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, shoe, phil, david, bock, anticipates and drive stand out and add context to how "shiner" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a shoe shiner but still and and a shiner. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "shiner" sits close to words such as aat, abenomics and abraxas, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with shiner
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
His father was an illiterate Italian immigrant shoe-shiner, who worked in a subway station. (15 words)
He was sporting bandages and a vertical stitch line to go with bruising, swelling and a shiner. (17 words)
Andy got a job as a shoe-shiner but still retained the goofiness that endeared him to viewers. (18 words)
It’s clear by the look on Sara’s face as she rings up his Shiner Bock beer that she’s been putting up with his attempts at asking her out on a date, but she’s not interested. (39 words)
Sports bars are a dying breed, murdered by the double-edged foam finger of DirecTV’s region-independent programming options the fact that North Texas fans prefer to drink Shiner in their skivvies at home. (35 words)
The parent company of the 109-year old brewing company says the next "This is Shiner Country" commercial would be featured during none other than the biggest planned media event of the year. (33 words)
Example sentences (14)
Andy got a job as a shoe-shiner but still retained the goofiness that endeared him to viewers.
He was sporting bandages and a vertical stitch line to go with bruising, swelling and a shiner.
It’s clear by the look on Sara’s face as she rings up his Shiner Bock beer that she’s been putting up with his attempts at asking her out on a date, but she’s not interested.
Former human rights lawyer Phil Shiner has pleaded guilty to three counts of fraud, linked to claims made against British Iraq War veterans.
Mr Shiner anticipates there will be tough competition, but he said he's looking forward to having a bit of fun and rivalry at the venue.
Connie E. Shiner and Donna L. Kight, St. George, 43 acres to Duane E. Poling and Melissa J. Poling, $220,000.
Councillor David Shiner, one of Tory’s hand-picked committee chairs, rose in the council chamber to blast the mayor after he was contacted by Tsao on his cellphone.
I once hit a tree while tobogganing in my backyard as a young kid, the result of which was the one and only shiner of my life.
It is actually a fish barrier designed to keep Red Shiner from traveling up the Virgin River from Arizona.
Shiner was a trouble puppy – one of the worst puppies longtime dog trainer and her owner Mary Swindell had ever seen.
Sports bars are a dying breed, murdered by the double-edged foam finger of DirecTV’s region-independent programming options the fact that North Texas fans prefer to drink Shiner in their skivvies at home.
The incident began around 1:52 a.m., in the area of Catfish Road and Shiner Drive, northeast of Lake Wales.
The parent company of the 109-year old brewing company says the next "This is Shiner Country" commercial would be featured during none other than the biggest planned media event of the year.
His father was an illiterate Italian immigrant shoe-shiner, who worked in a subway station.
Common combinations with shiner
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: