Get to know Shone better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning.
Shone meaning
simple past and past participle of shine
Using Shone
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of shine
- In the example corpus, shone often appears in combinations such as: shone through, shone in, has shone.
Context around Shone
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 10 start, 9 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Shone
- In this selection, "shone" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, sun, mooney, star, despite, down and bright stand out and add context to how "shone" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include affordability that shone a light and athletes have shone at the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "shone" sits close to words such as abandonment, algebraic and boating, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with shone
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Lowry occasionally shone during Miami’s most recent playoff run. (10 words)
Each member of the ensemble shone, with buoyant displays from clarinet and horn. (13 words)
His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became white as light. (13 words)
Beth Mooney shone again on the big stage as she top-scored with an unbeaten 74 off 53 balls, hitting nine fours and a six, as Australia made 156 for six after opting to bat first at Newlands. (38 words)
But by making Putin a wanted man in 123 countries virtually on the eve of Xi's trip, the court has shone an awkward spotlight on a meeting that was already delicate for the Chinese leader. (36 words)
He played outside centre in the opening Champions Cup game against Leicester, and was one of several players who shone in what was an impressive effort from a mainly second string side. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
Amato was overmatched from about the third round on but shone despite soaking up enough punishment to stop most heavyweights in their tracks.
As the sun shone down across the site yesterday photographer Alf Harvey was roaming around capturing all the excitement and colour.
Beth Mooney shone again on the big stage as she top-scored with an unbeaten 74 off 53 balls, hitting nine fours and a six, as Australia made 156 for six after opting to bat first at Newlands.
But by making Putin a wanted man in 123 countries virtually on the eve of Xi's trip, the court has shone an awkward spotlight on a meeting that was already delicate for the Chinese leader.
Carpenter's star shone bright and burned out fast, making her death the subject of tabloid fodder and intrigue for years to come.
Central Washington reporter Mai Hoang dug into efforts to house people in and took a look at housing affordability that shone a light on how much rental costs have increased statewide.
Charlie McCauley, who looks after Mivan’s apprentice programme, said: “Conor showed great potential from day one and his dedication, hard work, and exceptional talent have truly shone through.
Charlie Savage shone a year ago but might not get another chance given the quality in midfield.
Each member of the ensemble shone, with buoyant displays from clarinet and horn.
He even looks taller than in the summer when he shone for the Americans in the U18s.
He played outside centre in the opening Champions Cup game against Leicester, and was one of several players who shone in what was an impressive effort from a mainly second string side.
His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became white as light.
Illawarra athletes have shone at the third and final leg of the Australian Beach Volleyball Tour in Wollongong.
In addition, Dave Spofforth ran with his son Ben, and the youngster shone again by winning his JM10 age cat in 26.17 in 83rd place.
It is a celebration of Pokemon types in the same way Mega Evolution shone a spotlight on evolution as a whole, but there is an underlying problem.
It may have been cloudy overhead but the smiles shone through when the community of Spilsby gathered for a coronation street party in the town centre.
It shone a spotlight on the incredible value and importance of hard-working NHS Scotland staff who are being encouraged to see themselves as innovators and the enablers of vital change.
Leicester’s resilience, however, shone through when Jutta Rantala scored before Sam Tierney cancelled out Sam Kerr’s restoration of the deficit.
Lowry occasionally shone during Miami’s most recent playoff run.
Oum’s talent quickly shone through, earning him the top prize in an art painting competition in the refugee camp in 1980.
Common combinations with shone
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- shone through 29×
- shone in 20×
- has shone 14×
- shone light 14×
- sun shone 12×
- shone on 11×
- shone brightly 11×
- have shone 9×
- shone for 8×
- shone spotlight 8×