as in shady
protected from the sun's rays
sat in a shadowed corner of the garden
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as in chased
to go after or on the track of
shadowing the suspect to see what he was up to
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as in obscured
to make dark, dim, or indistinct
thickening clouds shadowed the countryside
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Recent Examples of shadowed
Sonal Nain, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
Browning has faced two of the league’s top pass defenses on the road over the past two games, but Patrick Surtain shadowed Chase on only 13 snaps during last week’s dud.
—Dalton Del Don, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
With Yunchan Lim as soloist, the performance was as sharp and shadowed as though it were etched with a burin on a copper plate.
—Justin Davidson, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2025
One afternoon, Holton shadowed a housing advocate on her visits to a few households, taking publicity photographs as a service to the nonprofit and to the families.
—Qian Julie Wang, New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2025
Milwaukee’s modern buildings shimmer in the moonlight, while historic buildings cast soft, shadowed reflections, blending past and present in constant motion.
—Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Being shadowed by the team’s best cover corner – this week, L’Jarius Sneed – but without having to worry about double teams with Nacua on the field.
—Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 14 Sep. 2025
She was shadowed by an American flag held high by a person who had brought it to the cell phone lot at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.
—Lauren De Young, AZCentral.com, 12 Sep. 2025
While Shaw was still a SEAL, Pratt shadowed him in preparation for his role as SEAL Team Six member Justin Lenihan in 2012's Zero Dark Thirty, about the hunt for Osama bin Laden.
—Susan Young, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
In a city shadowed by conflict, children train, laugh and play—offering a glimpse of what the future Ukraine might reclaim.
—Sonal Nain, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
Browning has faced two of the league’s top pass defenses on the road over the past two games, but Patrick Surtain shadowed Chase on only 13 snaps during last week’s dud.
—Dalton Del Don, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
With Yunchan Lim as soloist, the performance was as sharp and shadowed as though it were etched with a burin on a copper plate.
—Justin Davidson, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2025
One afternoon, Holton shadowed a housing advocate on her visits to a few households, taking publicity photographs as a service to the nonprofit and to the families.
—Qian Julie Wang, New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2025
Milwaukee’s modern buildings shimmer in the moonlight, while historic buildings cast soft, shadowed reflections, blending past and present in constant motion.
—Caitlin Looby, jsonline.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Being shadowed by the team’s best cover corner – this week, L’Jarius Sneed – but without having to worry about double teams with Nacua on the field.
—Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 14 Sep. 2025
She was shadowed by an American flag held high by a person who had brought it to the cell phone lot at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.
—Lauren De Young, AZCentral.com, 12 Sep. 2025
While Shaw was still a SEAL, Pratt shadowed him in preparation for his role as SEAL Team Six member Justin Lenihan in 2012's Zero Dark Thirty, about the hunt for Osama bin Laden.
—Susan Young, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shadowed
Adjective
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This shady ramble follows a beautiful stream to a gushing spring.—
Roger Naylor,
AZCentral.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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With the story transposed to a tough sprawling prison in Marseille, one of France’s most multicultural cities, the protagonist is now a young African immigrant, serving time for drug smuggling, who is offered the protection of a powerful and shady French-Algerian businessman.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
10 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Sharing the stoke Muir and friend Dan Pierson had chased the big waves sent by Hurricane Narda down to Oceanside, finding a secluded spot with few people out in the water.—
Laylan Connelly,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Oct. 2025
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At one point during the incident, a Massillon player’s facemask was grabbed; he was surrounded, and then chased by Cardinal Ritter players.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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The stars themselves are bestowed by anonymous inspectors who briefly appear on camera, but whose names, faces, and even voices are completely obscured.—
Laurie Woolever,
Rolling Stone,
11 Oct. 2025
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Stainless-steel twin vanities are tucked into niches at opposite ends of the 20-foot-long space, while the water closet and double shower are obscured behind frosted glass and metal doors.—
Mark David,
Robb Report,
8 Oct. 2025
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Starr’s first two studio albums were Sentimental Journey, a 1970 collection drawn from the Great American Songbook, and Beaucoups of Blues, a 1970 country- and folk-shaded album recorded in Nashville.—
Paul Grein,
Billboard,
9 Oct. 2025
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Turn left to head downhill toward the Agua Dulce Trail, a wide and mostly shaded path.—
Maura Fox,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Over the weekend, around 16,000 people paid their respects to the designer at his funeral chamber at the Armani Teatro designed by Tadao Ando, filled with white flowers and paper lanterns on the floor in a diagonal grid formation dimly lit up the darkened venue.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Police ultimately tracked down Rader using metadata stored on a floppy disc, which Rader had sent to a local TV station.—
Nicole Briese,
PEOPLE,
11 Oct. 2025
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An estimated 10,200 Venezuelans were deported between February and early October, according to deportation flight data tracked by the nonprofit Human Rights First’s ICE Flight Monitor.—
Melissa Sanchez,
ProPublica,
10 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Brown blurred her daughter’s face in the photo.—
Samantha Stutsman,
PEOPLE,
10 Oct. 2025
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There was also one where the topaz and citrine boundary blurred, looking like the picture of an endless desert under azure skies.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
10 Oct. 2025
Verb
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If your Wi-Fi is protected by a weak password or uses outdated encryption, a skilled attacker might gain access without ever stepping inside your house.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
12 Oct. 2025
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Of course, Nix never has to worry about the pain his defensive teammates can inflict, protected in practice by the strict don’t-touch-the-QB edict.—
Nick Kosmider,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
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“Shadowed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shadowed. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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