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Example sentences for "shone like"

  • And he was clad all in bright, polished armor so that he shone like a star of great splendor as he entered the field of battle.

  • Her hair, not spread out in loose ringlets but twisted in little knots and wrapped in small white curl-papers, marvellously adorned her head, for in the sunlight it shone like a crown on the image of a saint.

  • Her head was like a milliner’s model; the hair was frizzled and curled and intertwined with pink ribbons; amid them a diamond, half hidden from sight, shone like a star in the tail of a comet.

  • It whirled round and round, and it shone like--like stars in a whirlwind mist.

  • When it was done they washed it in hot water, wiped it dry, and polished it well with the chamois, and it shone like new.

  • Then she polished it with the dry side of the brush till it shone like a mirror.

  • He raised it above his head as he crossed the threshold, and in the twilight of the room it shone like a silver flame.

  • I was most struck, however, with the freshness of the colours; amongst those old curios the portrait shone like a gem.

  • Whereupon, with a sigh of relief, he lifted a brace of pistols from a shelf, and began industriously to scour and polish them, though indeed their locks and barrels shone like silver as it was.

  • The cab horse, proceeding at a sharp trot, found himself suddenly at the top of an incline, where through the rain the pavement shone like an expanse of ice.

  • He was naked, naked as a tree in winter, but a halo was about his head, and he shone like a saint.

  • Ripple promised, and each spirit gave a spark, till the golden flame was made, and put into a crystal vase, where it shone like a splendid star.

  • Stay, child," said the King, with a wave of the hand where the great jewel shone like a star.

  • She watched and loved it as she lay on her bed, for she was never well, and the good flower, instead of fading without sunshine in that dreary room, bloomed its best, till it shone like a little sun.

  • Illustration: "He shone like a bottle"] I was pleased to see the pride which the young fellow seemed to have of his father.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    ancient tradition; crux ansata; different tone; down south; fertile valley; few days before the; few moments; fust time; good voice; great fool; had scarcely; just now; lapis calaminaris; made prisoners; natural light; pale gray; plate engraving; rapid growth; royal master; shone like; sits down; work and