- shadow
- 01. The building cast its [shadow] over the house.02. When I was a child, I used to play a game in which we had to try to step on someone's [shadow].03. I saw the [shadow] of a man on the side of the building.04. She is so timid that she is afraid of her own [shadow].05. We rested in the [shadow] of the trees.06. The children saw the [shadowy] figure of the friendly lion standing at the door of their bedroom.07. Turner's painting is a wonderful display of light and [shadow].08. His face was [shadowed] by a large cowboy hat.09. Because the moon shines only by reflected sunlight, we see the moon slowly darken as it enters the [shadow].10. The [shadows] of the earth and moon, seen from space, are quite long and thin.11. Modern man lives in the [shadow] of two great revolutions - the democratic revolution and the industrial revolution.12. There is a Maori proverb which says, "Turn your face to the sun, and the [shadows] fall behind you."13. There is a Swedish proverb which observes that worry often gives a small thing a big [shadow].14. Helen Keller once said, "Keep your face to the sunshine, and you cannot see the [shadows]."15. At funerals in ancient China, when the lid of the coffin was closed, mourners took a few steps backward because of a fear that their [shadows] would get caught in the box.16. For much of their history, Romanians have lived in the [shadow] of stronger neighboring countries.
Grammatical examples in English. 2013.