shingles 1 of 2

plural of shingle

shingles

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of shingle

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for shingles
Noun
  • This moon earned its name because farmers relied on moonlight to harvest their crops late into the night in the days before electricity.
    Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 5 Oct. 2025
  • This traditionally marked an ideal period for farmers to harvest their crops later into the night, the Old Farmer's Almanac said.
    Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 5 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Sunday’s day game overlaps with a San Francisco 49ers home game in Santa Clara.
    Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Koestler suggests that a stroke of good fortune, or a vision of the sublime, may evoke a sense of powerlessness — of being rapt, overwhelmed, enraptured, entranced — which overlaps with the helplessness of loss and defeat, and which evokes a similar surrender.
    Big Think, Big Think, 23 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • No writing room can be pristine, but the detritus must not outweigh the buzzing, trembling atmosphere of solemn, serious work.
    Katie da Cunha Lewin September 26, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Any kind of hard material attracts fauna in water, says Andrey Vedenin, a marine biologist at the Senckenberg Research Institute in Germany, who was not involved in the Mallows Bay study but co-authored a separate new paper that detailed wildlife thriving on war detritus in the Baltic Sea.
    Andrea Tamayo, Scientific American, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • There's no performance benefit to buying the 35th Anniversary Edition over other Miata trims.
    Charles Singh, Nashville Tennessean, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto are also standard on most trims as well.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Layer Stretch is an additional control for all scene layers and overlays to manipulate an input or graphic.
    Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
  • The author overlays the bleak downtown’s empty storefronts, the rundown houses and harsh economics with the landscape’s sheer beauty.
    Oline H. Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Meanwhile, Doja Cat and Anok Yai put on for flipped and bumped bobs respectively, which has proven to be a year-round cut.
    Essence, Essence, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Bardot bangs and Old Hollywood bobs have also been red-carpet staples recently.
    Grace McCarty, Glamour, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Since blemishes are closely tied to overactive oil glands, using a mask with these clays helps reduce one of the main triggers of acne.
    Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Altitudes range from 400-700m and contain varying quantities of volcanic tuff and calcareous clays.
    Paul Caputo, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Makeup, oils and dirt can quickly build up on the brushes — and on your skin.
    Cody Godwin, USA Today, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Using too much detergent can lead to residue buildup in the towel fibers, which traps dirt and dulls the white color over time.
    Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 4 Oct. 2025
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“Shingles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shingles. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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