in the shadow of

phrase

1

: very close to

a town located in the shadow of the Rocky Mountains

2

: in a position of being unnoticed because all the attention is given to someone else

She grew up in the shadow of her very popular sister.

Examples of in the shadow of in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Early Thursday afternoon in Liverpool and, in the shadow of Hill Dickinson Stadium, the future king of England is sitting on the Gary Speed memorial bench. — Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026

In Conversation What Wiemar Germany’s theater can teach us about artistic expression in the shadow of rising fascism. — Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2026

Its soaring, sometimes Madonna-esque dance pop grapples with love, loss, and renewal in the shadow of 2025’s Los Angeles wildfires. — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2026

By the museum’s front steps, in the shadow of the main building, Qassem Hassan Nasser leaned in close with a camera and snapped a high-resolution photo of a wooden artifact. — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for in the shadow of

• above
• foxglove
• hereof
• thereof
• whereof
• dove
• glove
• love
• shove
• hereinabove