shiner

Example Sentences

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Her Moschino shiner had wings at the shoulders.

From Washington Times • May 3, 2022

“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

In the week since being knocked unconscious in a home plate collision in Houston, Angels catcher Jonathan Lucroy has walked around sporting a shiner and spoken as though plagued by a cold.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 14, 2019

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

From Seattle Times • Mar. 24, 2018

“That’s quite a shiner you’ve got there,” he said lightly.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx