shadow
Example Sentences
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“In the Fields of Fatherless Children,” the publisher writes: “examines the long shadow cast by the Vietnam War. Not just on the battlefield, but on the women, children, and rural communities that were left behind.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
Both the apartments and offices are in the shadow of MIT, one of America’s universities thinking harder about how to support entrepreneurship on campus–and hold onto its students.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026
Pope Leo XIV led a torch-lit procession at the Colosseum in Rome on Friday as he prepares for his first Easter as pontiff in the shadow of war in the Middle East.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
He said thousands of people had gathered in Lurgan weeks ago to celebrate St Patrick's Day, and that the "starkness of this event" casts a shadow on the town.
From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026
After a while, I felt that behind this look was a shadow of friendship.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
Vocabulary lists containing shadow
Black and Gray
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"The Song of Wandering Aengus" and "Sonnet 43," Vocabulary from the poems
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"Morning Song" by Sylvia Plath
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