sheened

Definition of sheenednext
past tense of sheen

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for sheened
Verb
  • On Wednesday afternoon, crews from the Key Largo Harbor Marina, where the boat is docked, worked to place yellow booms around the boat to try containing the diesel, which glistened in a rainbow slick on top of the water.
    David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 10 Dec. 2025
  • Just take a look at Rapunzel, Galadriel, and Sailor Moon—all mythical beings whose hair never tangled (only floated and glistened).
    Loren Savini, Allure, 4 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • The china gleamed, the Waterford sparkled, and the silver was polished.
    Peter Folan, Boston Herald, 27 Nov. 2025
  • Voukenas Petrides’s Split Tube Chair Also at Gallery FUMI, Greek designer duo Voukenas Petrides’s Split Tube Chair gleamed from the floor.
    Adrian Madlener, Curbed, 24 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Club employees checking IDs donned bomber jackets that shimmered gold.
    Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 3 Dec. 2025
  • The Manhattan skyline shimmered in the distance.
    Adam Iscoe, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Vergara embraced a monochromatic color palette, adding a low-rise sequined maxi skirt that glittered from every angle, per photos shared by Soare.
    Lara Walsh, InStyle, 29 Dec. 2025
  • Queen Elizabeth glittered in the Oriental Circlet Tiara at a state banquet in Malta in 2005, matching it with a ruby parure of jewels.
    Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 4 Dec. 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
  • In 2023, astronomers reported that some of these satellites were already photobombing images captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, as sunlight glinted off their surfaces leaving bright trails that erase, obscure or mimic genuine cosmic signals.
    Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Chalk dust glinted like pollen or asbestos in the sunshine coming through the window.
    Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • At the Duchess of Edinburgh Cup in November 2025, her trio of diamonds shone bright in contrast with her muted camo jacket.
    Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 9 Jan. 2026
  • The fullback shone in the CPL with the necessary professional playing time, leading all CPL players with 1,984 total passes.
    Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2026
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“Sheened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sheened. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.

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