in the shadow of

idiom

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 Schools have also been operating in the shadow of a decadeslong financial crisis that was later worsened by multiple back-to-back disasters, such as Hurricane Maria in 2017, earthquakes and the Covid-19 pandemic, to name a few. Nicole Acevedo, NBC News, 29 Feb. 2024 Some of the younger generation, for example, raised in the shadow of violence, now tried to position themselves as loyal to the Zionist movement and were recruited to do intelligence work for the Jewish paramilitary forces. Emily Bazelon, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2024 There is an old garden adage that tells us that the garden grows best in the shadow of the gardener. Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2024 For a league often in the shadow of its male counterpart, Clark could help open new possibilities in terms of marketing and opportunities for the WNBA to grow. Ben Morse, CNN, 28 Feb. 2024 Yet, skilled creatives will expand their use of AI in the shadow of AI’s political shortcomings. John Hergert, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024 Just nine miles west of downtown Detroit, in the shadow of the city’s towering skyscrapers, Dearborn has the largest concentration of Arab Americans in the United States. USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2024 The election was taking place in the shadow of a monthslong military campaign to gut the party of former Prime Minister Imran Khan, a former international cricket star and populist leader who was ousted by Parliament in 2022 after falling out with the generals. Christina Goldbaum, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2024 Walking around their Brooklyn apartment, notes for the show lay in the shadow of a poster of Bette Davis, powdered, wigged, and in costume from The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, her 1939 historical romance with Errol Flynn. Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 6 Feb. 2024

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“In the shadow of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20the%20shadow%20of. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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