sheened

past tense of sheen

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for sheened
Verb
  • The model glistened from head to toe, completing her look with a pair of transparent Gianvito Rossi pumps.
    Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 27 Oct. 2025
  • That summer of 1996 felt like a golden time, but Wembley no longer glistened.
    Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • An abundance of kitschy wall decorations (fuzzy dice, fake flowers, party streamers) gleamed under flashing lights, casting the room in lurid shades of pink and green.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Using Essie’s Good as Gold layered with Lights Lacquer glitter, the team achieved nails that gleamed like jewelry.
    Essence, Essence, 14 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The museum’s 2025 Art+Film Gala, held Saturday beneath a crisp November sky, shimmered with sequins, many of them courtesy of Gucci, the gala’s longtime presenting sponsor since its launch in 2011.
    Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 2 Nov. 2025
  • This week, London shimmered with star power as Damson Idris, David Oyelowo, and Deborah Ayorinde attended The British Blacklist’s Blacklisted Honours Lunch, while Naomi Campbell, Janet Jackson, and Chiwetel Ejiofor lit up the British Museum Ball.
    Okla Jones, Essence, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In the space of a generation, the crown that had glittered so brightly on Elizabeth’s head had been consigned to the dust.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Just as the sun glittered over the horizon, a big doe emerged from the blinding glare, followed by a great gray buck.
    Bob Cary, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Around a pond near the Lincoln Memorial, some 10,000 tea lights glimmered in little paper bags.
    Noam Levey, NPR, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Textures glimmered with the surrealism of gaming skins.
    Jeetendr Sehdev, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Even from a boat, the gleaming white of bleached and dead corals glowed from beneath the surface.
    Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The ground cover glowed gold and red.
    Gloria Liu, Outside Online, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Chalk dust glinted like pollen or asbestos in the sunshine coming through the window.
    Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2025
  • Pans, scoured, hung from hooks; knives glinted in ascending size.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Their intelligence shone all the way from the gallows.
    George Packer, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Running back Saquon Barkley shined bright in his Philadelphia debut, recording 132 scrimmage yards and three total touchdowns.
    Matt Audilet, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
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“Sheened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sheened. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.

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