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an overspreading element that produces an atmosphere of gloom the husband's adulterous affair had cast over their marriage a shadow from which there was no escape

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shadow

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verb

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of shadow
Noun
Even giraffes can hide in the shadows The sun began to set behind the stands along the third-base line of Dodger Stadium in the second inning Thursday. Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025 What looked like a shadow at first turned out to be the dog, skittish and exhausted from wandering. Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
Christian Gonzalez, curiously, did not shadow Olave, whom New Orleans often pitted against Jones in the slot. Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 14 Oct. 2025 Riley Moss does his job opposite Pat Surtain, shadowing Arian Smith on third-down incompletion. Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 12 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for shadow
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shadow
Noun
  • Director Liza Mandelup’s documentary Caterpillar explores the dangerous extremes some people are willing to go to in the quest to – as the Crystal Gayle song put it – make their brown eyes blue (or green or some other shade).
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Collaborating on their first feature after working on high-profile Gallic animation projects like The Little Prince, The Illusionist and I Lost My Body, Vallade and Han favor an explosive color palette without any lines separating one shade from another.
    Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Beyond Blues introduces non-indigo dye options and versatile customization possibilities, while Airsoft features a fresh palette of luminous mid and light indigo tones, complemented by soft greys and blacks—perfect for spring-summer moods and relaxed silhouettes.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The floor-length gown featured a plunging v-neck that didn't leave much to the imagination, as well as a thigh-high slit that gave the musician the chance to show off her legs — and her strappy black Giuseppe Zanotti heels.
    Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Even trace concentrations can affect algae and fish, creating ripple effects across ecosystems.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2025
  • His warning comes just days after Beijing unveiled sweeping new export controls that would require companies worldwide to seek Chinese approval before shipping thousands of products containing even trace amounts of rare earths.
    Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Within both design and fashion, the Middle East is one of those buoyant markets providing a glimmer of hope amid a difficult economy worldwide.
    Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Today’s flight offers a glimmer of hope that a V3 booster catch could be on the horizon.
    Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • These days, Maurice is said to appear as an apparition on the 14th floor.
    Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 18 Oct. 2025
  • In Good Boy, Indy investigates strange noises and ghostly apparitions in the remote country house.
    Laura Martin, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Amazon Web Services, the cloud computing arm of the retailing giant, experienced a massive outage in the wee hours of Monday that knocked out what felt like everything.
    Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
  • By deploying solvers on scalable cloud platforms, firms avoid the need for expensive local hardware, lowering barriers for CAE adoption among businesses.
    Ni Tao, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Cavazos says this work — chasing leads or even, at times, following ICE agents — to alert the community can be hard, especially now that the Department of Homeland Security regularly accuses groups like Cavazos' of interfering with their jobs and endangering the lives of immigration officers.
    Marisa Peñaloza, NPR, 17 Oct. 2025
  • In private debt, incentive misalignment can arise if managers prioritize asset growth at all costs, which sometimes leads to chasing thinner spreads or riskier deals.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The department, run by State Superintendent Jill Underly, relies on a rudimentary system to track its investigations, obscuring the scale of misconduct for policymakers and the public.
    Danielle DuClos, jsonline.com, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Instead, two wannabe criminals, with their faces obscured by pantyhose, simply walk into the local art museum and rip the paintings right off the walls.
    Haadiza Ogwude, Cincinnati Enquirer, 17 Oct. 2025

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“Shadow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shadow. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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