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Definition of Shone
1. shine [v] - See also: shine
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shone
Literary usage of Shone
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan (1846)
"Now I saw in my dream, that these two men went in at the gate ; and, lo ! as they
entered, they were transfigured ; and they had raiment put on, that shone ..."
2. Silas Marner, the Weaver of Raveloe by George Eliot (1895)
"The garden was fenced with stones on two sides, but in front there was an open
fence, through which the flowers shone with answering gladness, ..."
3. The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ by American Committee of Revision (1881)
"nigh unto Damascus about noon, suddenly there shone from heaven a great light
round about me. 7 light round about me. And I fell unto the ground, ..."
4. The Complete Works of Gustave Flaubert: Embracing Romances, Travels by Gustave Flaubert, Ferdinand Brunetière (1904)
"The pride of having gained their rights shone in the people's faces. They displayed
the gaiety of a carnival, the manners of a bivouac. ..."
5. The poetical works of Thomas Moore by Thomas Moore (1827)
"... are alarmed by the faintest gleam of liberality that threatens to disturb
their darkness (like that Demophon of old, who, when the sun shone upon him, ..."
6. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"He spoke ; the Father, pitying, saw his tears, 760 Scatter'd the mist, and rent
the veil apart; The sun shone bright, and all the war lay clear. ..."
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