sheens

present tense third-person singular of sheen

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for sheens
Verb
  • The Airstream gleams absurdly against the ocherous land below.
    Rowan Jacobsen, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Patches of unintelligibility are nothing new in Pynchon, but usually a coherent world view gleams upward from the murk.
    Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The lasers converge and somehow create what looks like a circular portal to another planet which shimmers and spins.
    Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • This technique often is used with fencing to create a visual barrier and to startle geese when the tape shimmers in the breeze.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 23 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The result is a film that glimmers with moments of wit and melancholy but never settles into coherence.
    Leila Latif, IndieWire, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Where a cistern once hid beneath the floor to collect rainwater, an outdoor pool now glimmers.
    Carley Rojas Ávila, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Next to a rocky limestone cliff, a small lake covered with lilies and algae glistens beside a crumbling 19th-century building that resembles an Ottoman bathhouse.
    Jennifer Walker, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The bar—made of white onyx—glows softly from within, inviting you to pull up a stool.
    Laura Itzkowitz, Robb Report, 23 Oct. 2025
  • In New York City, Emma Stone glows in green, and Maya Rudolph appears on Late Night with Seth Meyers.
    Lex Goldstein, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • This estimates the bike's position and mass in real time, and beams that to the rider aids for more precise cornering ABS and wheelie control intervention so the bike can hold a tight line.
    Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Someone who beams when an expert tastes her homemade apple butter and genuinely enjoys it.
    Erin Hill, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • However, Route 100 shines particularly brightest (both literally and figuratively) in the fall, when the trees lining the road light up with brilliant fall colors.
    Megan Margulies, Travel + Leisure, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Earlier this month, Cooper opened up to PEOPLE about how Deliver Me from Nowhere shines a light on the musician's struggles with mental health.
    Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
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“Sheens.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sheens. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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