shiner

Example Sentences

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Gay had previously told several different stories about how she got the shiner, but had maintained until recently that she didn’t fully recall the events that led to her injury.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 3, 2024

“The truth is that here as the poor people that we are, we don’t understand that,” José Lopez, 81, a shoe shiner in San Salvador, said before the national Bitcoin adoption.

From New York Times • Sep. 7, 2021

Crappie are fair to slow on mostly jigs or live shiner.

From Washington Times • Oct. 30, 2019

“And he was a shoe shiner, had a shoe shine stand downtown,” Eaton said.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 24, 2018

“Yep. Boy. Noses gush, don’t they? Looks like your glasses didn’t do you any favors, either. You have a cut there from that nose pad thing. May get a decent shiner out of it too.”

From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell