How to Use shadow in a Sentence

shadow

1 of 2 noun

• The tree cast a long shadow across the lawn.
• Part of the valley was in shadow.
• You can see your own shadow on a sunny day.
• He saw something moving in the shadows.
• I sensed a shadow of disappointment in his expression.
• You were left with sort of a shadow.
  — Edward Segarra, USA Today, 11 May 2026
• There are long shadows on the ground.
  — Literary Hub, 4 Nov. 2025
• Its light is bright enough to cast shadows.
  — Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2026
• No eyes, no nose, just a butte with shadows.
  — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
• Cloud shadows flit across its rock floor like ghost boats.
  — Literary Hub, 18 Mar. 2026
• Iraq has yet to emerge from Iran’s shadow.
  — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2026
• That is a small sentence with a long shadow.
  — Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026
• Invidia is a sin that thrives in the shadows.
  — Literary Hub, 14 Apr. 2026
• My own career has been in its shadow.
  — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 30 May 2026
• My own career has been in its shadow.
  — Nathan Schneider, The Conversation, 26 May 2026
• That was a big shadow that hung over the first season.
  — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 27 June 2026
• If dogs are our servants, cats are our shadows.
  — Rebecca Van Laer september 30, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2025
• As a result, even small crater rims cast long shadows.
  — Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 11 May 2026
• The smoke was thick enough to cast its own shadows upon the hill.
  — Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
• Nobody wants to live in the shadows.
  — Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
• This is the shadow of blood vessels.
  — Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 13 May 2026
• She was oppressed by his big shadow.
  — Marta Balaga, Variety, 16 Feb. 2026
• Apartheid may have fallen, but its shadow still lingers.
  — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 6 Jan. 2026
• The Blind Owl casts a long shadow.
  — Amir Ahmadi Arian, The Dial, 15 Jan. 2026
• For those instances, start with a shadow mode to build trust.
  — Gowtham Chilakapati, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
• But the Farm Bill casts a long shadow.
  — Robert Hoban, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
• This will keep you in the shadows and put the sun in the ducks’ eyes, not in yours.
  — Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 9 Oct. 2025
• There’s a shadow of those low notes, but none of their substance.
  — Mark Knapp, PC Magazine, 30 Mar. 2026
• Debbie was more in the shadows.
  — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2026
• All was hushed and stonily still, like the moon and its lights and shadows.
  — Literary Hub, 9 Mar. 2026

shadow

2 of 2 verb

• She spent the night shadowing other waiters at the restaurant.
• Police shadowed the suspect for several days.
• Let new hires shadow users for a day.
  — David Henkin, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
• Most of the camp was shadowed in the ravine.
  — Charles Pellegrino, Rolling Stone, 6 Aug. 2025
• Ask to shadow a team member or two in that area for a project or even a day.
  — Courtney Rottman, Forbes, 9 June 2022
• But the surge has been shadowed by a spate of deadly crashes.
  — Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2026
• And for the past year or so it was always shadowed with the impasse over kids.
  — Ben Lerner, Harper's Magazine, 3 Nov. 2023
• But for all the success and laughter in his life, it was shadowed by dark clouds.
  — Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
• At least one showed a small girl with her hair tied back, her face shadowed, laying in bed, nude.
  — Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 20 Dec. 2025
• Dana returns to find a new nurse, Emma, ready to shadow her.
  — Ashley Boucher, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Jan. 2026
• Those small freedoms were shadowed by what had happened to Wilkens.
  — Pamela Colloff, ProPublica, 24 Mar. 2026
• But get your hands wet, get into some program, or shadow some dentists.
  — Yolanda Baruch, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2023
• Giuliani has always been a mix of sunshine and shadow.
  — John Avlon, The Atlantic, 25 May 2026
• Sculpt with light and shadow, build (and break) circuits, and compose music from junk.
  — San Francisco Chronicle, 11 May 2022
• Two patrol boats were dispatched to shadow the vessel.
  — Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
• Amid the city’s struggles, there has been progress — but even that has been shadowed by its reputation.
  — Emmanuel Felton, Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2023
• In the early morning, shadows pool deep in the gorge, while the upper rims catch the sun, glowing pale gold.
  — Anna Zacharias, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Jan. 2026
• Apply white or green face makeup with shadowing as needed.
  — Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 29 Oct. 2025
• Members form armed units to shadow police through poor black neighborhoods.
  — Matt Thompson, Spin, 10 Sep. 2023
• Light and shadow conspire on her cheeks, suggesting greater bone structure.
  — Brennan Kilbane, Allure, 3 Oct. 2022
• Leiweke also said Lynch would shadow him to learn more of the hockey business.
  — oregonlive, 18 Apr. 2022
• Moss zipped over to shadow him on another alignment on the Raiders' second drive.
  — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 7 Nov. 2025
• Rush knows firsthand how trauma can shadow someone's life -- and the hole suicide can leave behind.
  — Sarah Beth Guevara, ABC News, 9 July 2023
• Reach for a softer black kohl pencil rather than a skinny black liner and use your finger or shadow brush to blend it out.
  — Lindy Segal, Harper's BAZAAR, 30 Sep. 2022
• Frost’s pastoral landscapes are haunted by loss and shadowed by anxiety, doubt and dread.
  — A.o. Scott, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
• The verse is a somber reminder of the luxury property’s shadowed past.
  — Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 14 Feb. 2026
• To achieve that, Tinsley hollowed out Cage’s eyes and gave his lips shadowing.
  — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 6 Apr. 2023
• The sky is a bright blue, with only a few clouds to shadow the New York City skyline.
  — Angelina Torre, WSJ, 18 Sep. 2022
• Towering canyon walls rise on either side of the river, while the cave itself is a small, shadowed recess in the rock.
  — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2025
• Even as adults, the awareness of how one sounds can shadow every introduction and meeting.
  — John Casey, Them., 12 Dec. 2025