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Shoeshine is an English word with synonyms like coating or finish. Below you'll find 7 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Shoeshine in a sentence

Shoeshine meaning

  1. The act of polishing shoes.
  2. One who polishes shoes.
  3. The shiny finish on shoes that have been polished.

Synonyms of Shoeshine

coating finish finishing shining polishing

Related words

Other words often associated with Shoeshine or its synonyms:

work culmination windup completion closing end sunny coat application burnished cloth happening

Using Shoeshine

  • The main meaning on this page is: The act of polishing shoes. | One who polishes shoes. | The shiny finish on shoes that have been polished.
  • Useful related words include: coating, finish, finishing, shining.
  • In the example corpus, shoeshine often appears in combinations such as: the shoeshine, shoeshine boy.

Context around Shoeshine

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.6 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 5 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

sandile 1× club 1×

Often after:

boy 2× parlors 1× hlatjwako 1× boys 1× charley 1×

Sentence patterns with Shoeshine

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

and a shoeshine 1× continental club shoeshine charley s 1× galloping sandile shoeshine hlatjwako rolled 1× nubbin the shoeshine boy none 1× of the shoeshine boy about 1× tips from shoeshine boys anymore 1× worked in shoeshine parlors and 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

i m high 1× robert fairchild a 1× swallows responded nine 1× the booking arm 1× the post war 1×

Common sentence endings:

a general election 1× and a shoeshine 1× he let on 1× into the spirit 1× s and walters 1× shoeshine boys anymore 1×

Words around Shoeshine

Just before it in the word index:

shoes 2.359 shoeprints 3 shoenfield 2 shoenbaum 2 shoemate 2 shoemaking 11

Just after it in the word index:

shoesmith 3 shoesource 3 shoestring 47 shoestrings 2 shoey 4 shoezone 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aad 10 aadhar 10 aaro 10 abels 10 abidin 10 abidine 10

Corpus analysis for Shoeshine

  • In this selection, "shoeshine" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, sandile, club, boy, parlors and hlatjwako stand out and add context to how "shoeshine" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and a shoeshine and continental club shoeshine charley s. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "shoeshine" sits close to words such as aad, aadhar and aaro, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with shoeshine

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

There’s no need to cadge hot tips from shoeshine boys anymore. (12 words)

I'm high on the real thing --- powerful gasoline, a clean windshield, and a shoeshine. (15 words)

There’s a touch of the shoeshine boy about those confidently advising Taoiseach Simon Harris on calling a general election. (20 words)

Longer example sentences

The post-war years also saw him attempt to launch the comic-strip/comic-book series Baseball, John Law, Kewpies, and Nubbin the Shoeshine Boy; none succeeded, but some material was recycled into The Spirit. (35 words)

The booking arm has helped them reach out to more artists and they’ve placed shows in Continental Club, Shoeshine Charley’s Big Top Lounge, Satellite Bar, Rudyard’s, Rockefeller’s and Walters. (33 words)

Robert Fairchild, a teenager in 1920s Greenwood, worked in shoeshine parlors and snuck into pool halls, where he often paid more attention to what adults were saying than he let on. (31 words)

Example sentences (7)

Robert Fairchild, a teenager in 1920s Greenwood, worked in shoeshine parlors and snuck into pool halls, where he often paid more attention to what adults were saying than he let on.

Swallows responded nine minutes later as the galloping Sandile ‘Shoeshine’ Hlatjwako rolled a nice low cross to Ncomo Gina, who took a lame shot at goal.

There’s a touch of the shoeshine boy about those confidently advising Taoiseach Simon Harris on calling a general election.

There’s no need to cadge hot tips from shoeshine boys anymore.

I'm high on the real thing --- powerful gasoline, a clean windshield, and a shoeshine.

The booking arm has helped them reach out to more artists and they’ve placed shows in Continental Club, Shoeshine Charley’s Big Top Lounge, Satellite Bar, Rudyard’s, Rockefeller’s and Walters.

The post-war years also saw him attempt to launch the comic-strip/comic-book series Baseball, John Law, Kewpies, and Nubbin the Shoeshine Boy; none succeeded, but some material was recycled into The Spirit.

Common combinations with shoeshine

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "shoeshine" in a sentence?
An example: "Robert Fairchild, a teenager in 1920s Greenwood, worked in shoeshine parlors and snuck into pool halls, where he often paid more attention to what adults were saying than he let on." This page contains 7 example sentences with the word "shoeshine" from authentic English texts.
What does "shoeshine" mean?
Shoeshine means: The act of polishing shoes.
What are synonyms of "shoeshine"?
Common synonyms of "shoeshine" include: coating, finish, finishing, shining, polishing.
How many example sentences with "shoeshine" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 7 example sentences with "shoeshine", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.