How to Use shining in a Sentence

shining

adjective

• Her latest movie is a shining example of what a film can be.
• The shining cities that rise where the desert meets the Gulf may be in for harder times.
  — Walter Russell Mead, WSJ, 11 Dec. 2017
• Her name is Clara, and the bell felt sort of clear and shining and bright, which is what her name means.
  — Jacqueline Weiss, Peoplemag, 17 Mar. 2023
• Taylor was one of us, a shining beacon of what football means to the area.
  — Rolando Rosa, ajc, 27 Nov. 2017
• But the shining light in an otherwise pretty dark hour-long spot?
  — Zoë Weiner, Teen Vogue, 26 Oct. 2018
• For a brief shining moment, the world felt a little more peaceful.
  — Pete Gelling, Quartz, 21 Sep. 2019
• And to think, this time of year used to be Friedman’s shining moment.
  — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2023
• And, once again, his effort was his shining trait against Purdue.
  — Nick Baumgardner, Detroit Free Press, 24 Sep. 2017
• Then, of course, the unforgettable hug that served as the show’s shining moment.
  — Cam Wolf, GQ, 21 June 2018
• In the meantime, stay tuned for the rest of the month as the brand unveils each new product in all its shining glory.
  — Kaleigh Fasanella, Allure, 29 Aug. 2017
• Temple of the Dog is a shining moment for a musician who had many to pick from.
  — William Goodman, Billboard, 19 May 2017
• The shining eyes of a 4-year old who just clapped three different rhythms perfectly.
  — Lisa Deaderick, sandiegouniontribune.com, 13 Jan. 2018
• Jackson is alone in more ways than one as the shining beacon of Louisville athletics right now.
  — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 15 Oct. 2017
• Ferrer, at the time Cooder found him, was making a living shining shoes.
  — Peter Keough, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Apr. 2018
• Clean that sh*t up with a fancy accessory case that'll keep his timepieces dust-free and shining.
  — Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen, 19 Aug. 2020
• Mount Rainier stands out like a shining, white beacon against the Seattle skyline.
  — Emily Pennington, Outside Online, 18 Sep. 2021
• The atmosphere was blue and shining and loaded with something like bullets.
  — Patricia Lockwood, The New Yorker, 11 Feb. 2017
• We’re devastated by the loss of our beautiful, sweet, kind, bright and shining star.
  — Sean Neumann, Peoplemag, 5 Sep. 2024
• This was a shining moment for an offensive line and running game that’s taken its lumps this season.
  — Michael Casagrande | [email protected], al, 31 Dec. 2021
• Yet this week presents a shining opportunity for just a little bit of release.
  — Bess Matassa, Teen Vogue, 28 July 2017
• There will be no brackets waiting to be busted and not a single shining moment at the end of the tourney journey.
  — Chuck Carlton, Dallas News, 12 Mar. 2020
• Those memories will remain some of the most shining and unforgettable moments of my life.
  — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 10 Mar. 2026
• Then, the barnacles tangled in my hair will be my wedding crown and the shining fish that nibble my skin will be my silver wedding dress.
  — Elisabeth Egan, chicagotribune.com, 10 June 2017
• Her world, fueled by her life, was the shining and irrefutable definition of integrity.
  — Josh Peter, USA Today, 20 Dec. 2025
• The victory became a bright, shining moment in the history of Athens.
  — National Geographic, 6 Feb. 2020
• Jonnatan would argue that its shining moment is not at Christmas dinner, but rather during a quiet lunch the next day.
  — Leilani Marie Labong, SFChronicle.com, 20 Dec. 2019
• While the artists listed below aren’t technical features, some of the album’s more shining moments belong to them.
  — Natalie Maher, Billboard, 29 June 2018
• Georgia State had a shining moment a couple of years ago in upsetting Baylor.
  — Blair Kerkhoff, kansascity, 15 Mar. 2018
• Clearly, the withdrawal from Afghanistan was not a shining moment for the United States.
  — David Remnick, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2022
• Needless to say, Jay Curtis will never forget his last shining moment in a run full of them at the school named for his great-grandfather.
  — Jim Derry, NOLA.com, 13 May 2018