SHINE in a Sentence

Learn SHINE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

242 example sentences for SHINE, such as:

1. A bright star was shining in the East.
2. The moon is not seen where the sun shines.
3. The moon is a moon whether it shines or not.
4. She is a shining example of how to organize your time.
5. The light was shining in his eyes and he could not see.

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 Meanings and Examples of SHINE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
shine
 v.  emit rays of light; give light; beam with steady radiance; exhibit brightness or splendor
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Along the main street lights had begun to shine from the house-fronts and stray figures were turning in here and there at the gates.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
2  Each morning, rain or shine, Nellie was saddled and walked up and down in front of the house, waiting for the time when Mrs. Tarleton could spare an hour away from her duties.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
3  And, even if he makes a mint of money, he'll never lend any shine and sparkle to Tara, like your father did.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XL
4  But he was prompt to perceive that the general dulness of the season afforded him an unusual opportunity to shine, and he set about with patient industry to form a background for his growing glory.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 11
5  She wanted to shine upon the veal-faced bristly-bearded Lyman Cass as much as upon Miles Bjornstam or Guy Pollock.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
6  Sometimes they are polished with soapstone and sand, till they shine within like silver punch-bowls.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 96. The Try-Works.
7  We burrowed down in the straw and curled up close together, watching the angry red die out of the west and the stars begin to shine in the clear, windy sky.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: VIII
8  The sunlight poured in, making everything on the table shine and glitter and the flame of the alcohol lamp disappear altogether.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3. Lena Lingard: IV
9  They used the very flimsiest and cheapest material; they built the houses a dozen at a time, and they cared about nothing at all except the outside shine.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
10  And then among them some one would "take a shine" to him, and they would go off together and travel for a week, exchanging reminiscences.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 22
11  Rain or shine, work or no work, at the end of each week the money must be forthcoming, or I must give up my privilege.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
12  Or, on the other hand, he might be a man heretofore doomed to peace and obscurity, but, in reality, made to shine in war.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
13  They were insignificant; still, in a district where laurels were infrequent, they might shine.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15
14  The sun does not more certainly shine in the heavens than that which I now affirm is true.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
15  We shall make our bed of dried leaves; the sun will shine on us as on man and will ripen our food.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 17
Example Sentence: (32 in 3 pages)
16  She is a shining example of how to organize your time.
17  We looked up to you as a shining example of devotion to the scientific cause.
18  I remember it was on a fine morning with the sun shining down.
19  The light was shining in his eyes and he could not see.
20  The sunlight shining through the branches made a filigree pattern on the tiles.
21  A bright star was shining in the East.
22  Under the double pressure of curiosity and prospective gain he did it with such spirit that he accomplished a shining success.
23  And he did "tackle it again" -- and under the double pressure of curiosity and prospective gain he did it with such spirit that he accomplished a shining success.
24  If the shining cone of Kilimanjaro melts, the world will have lost something of great beauty.
25  The moment of death had obsessed him from childhood, when he had acquired that slight crouch, protecting his neck from the shining blade of the guillotine that might slice through.
26  With the wonder of your love, the sun above always shines.
27  Outside, the new moon shines bright all around, but the lonely lamp on my desk is dim.
28  And when we come together, combine the light that shines within.
29  The moon is not seen where the sun shines.
30  The moon is a moon whether it shines or not.