How do you use Shining in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like bright or shiny, plus the exact meaning.
Shining in a sentence
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Shining meaning
- Emitting light.
- Reflecting light.
- Having a high polish or sheen.
Synonyms of Shining
Using Shining
- The main meaning on this page is: Emitting light. | Reflecting light. | Having a high polish or sheen.
- Useful related words include: bright, shiny, lustrous, polishing.
- In the example corpus, shining often appears in combinations such as: the shining, shining light, is shining.
Context around Shining
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 8 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Shining
- In this selection, "shining" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, self, light, brightest, path, lights and critics stand out and add context to how "shining" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 1992 the shining path received and a shining golden mole. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "shining" sits close to words such as absorb, bluetooth and descended, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with shining
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Alice, you were one of life’s shining lights. (9 words)
Belize stands as a shining example of this connection. (9 words)
So The Shining would be sorted as just "Shining" or "Shining, The". (12 words)
A YouTuber’s Power-Rangers-themed Lamborghini, once the shining star of his extravagant car collection, is among 32 of his vehicles that will be sold at auction after the content creator was sentenced to five years in prison for fraud and other crimes. (44 words)
A number of the brightest shining stars were actually born with a different name than the one they go by - with a number of them choosing a completely different moniker at some point in their career for one reason or another. (41 words)
All those wind and solar additions have to be paid for and we still require full-time natural gas, coal and nuclear power to keep the lights on when the wind isn’t blowing, and the sun isn’t shining. (40 words)
Example sentences (20)
For example, The Shining might be sorted as Shining, The (see Alphabetical order above), but it may still be desired to display it as The Shining.
So The Shining would be sorted as just "Shining" or "Shining, The".
Mike Flanagan’s “Doctor Sleep,” the film adaptation of Stephen King’s sequel to “The Shining,” is a “tremendous achievement” and a “worthy successor to ‘The Shining,'” critics say.
The name Śambhu (Sanskrit: शम्भु main swam-on its own; bhu-burn/shine) "self-shining/ shining on its own", Chakravarti, pp. 28 (note 7), and p. 177. also reflects this benign aspect.
The same poll found that 13% believed that society would be more just if the Shining Path won the war and 22% believed society would be equally just under the Shining Path as it was under the government.
With the capture of Abimael Guzmán (known as President Gonzalo to the Shining Path) in September 1992, the Shining Path received a severe blow which practically destroyed the organization.
A canopy of twinkle lights offsets a stage light shining on Nimona.
After shining with the bat, Kaustubh displayed his skills with the ball and picked up two wickets.
Alice, you were one of life’s shining lights.
All those wind and solar additions have to be paid for and we still require full-time natural gas, coal and nuclear power to keep the lights on when the wind isn’t blowing, and the sun isn’t shining.
Amanda said she feels nature writing has an important role to play in “shining the light” on environmental and climate change issues, because the reality is that many people feel powerless to do anything meaningful about it.
A museum that was founded using profits from the transatlantic slave trade is shining a light on this aspect of its history in a new exhibition.
An analysis clip of The Shining goes viral for seeking to "improve" a classic scene from the film using CGI, commented on by many disagreers.
A number of the brightest shining stars were actually born with a different name than the one they go by - with a number of them choosing a completely different moniker at some point in their career for one reason or another.
As for Gamble, the former West Tiger and Brisbane Bronco has been one of the Knights’ shining lights.
A shining golden mole that ‘swims’ through sand dunes missing for 80 years has been found – using a sniffer dog and an invisible trail of biological breadcrumbs.
At the end of what has already been a changeable week for weather in the Capital, temperatures are expected to soar to 18C on Saturday according to the BBC, with the sun shining for the whole day.
At the time, Peru was reeling from a brutal war with Shining Path guerrillas and about a third of its people were living in poverty.
A YouTuber’s Power-Rangers-themed Lamborghini, once the shining star of his extravagant car collection, is among 32 of his vehicles that will be sold at auction after the content creator was sentenced to five years in prison for fraud and other crimes.
Belize stands as a shining example of this connection.
Common combinations with shining
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the shining 31×
- shining light 29×
- is shining 17×
- shining example 15×
- shining star 12×
- shining in 11×
- sun shining 10×
- as shining 9×
- and shining 9×
- was shining 7×