Thesaurus / shines
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synonyms for shines
- dazzle
- burn
- illuminate
- glisten
- beam
- twinkle
- gleam
- flash
- shimmer
- blink
- flicker
- sparkle
- radiate
- glare
- glitter
- glow
- incandesce
- luminesce
- illumine
- irradiate
- flare
- deflect
- bedazzle
- blaze
- glimmer
- mirror
- scintillate
- emit light
- give light
- rub
- finish
- furbish
- gloss
- glaze
- sleek
- brush
- wax
- glance
- scour
- buff
- buff up
- give a sheen
- make brilliant
- put a finish on
- put a gloss on
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After a little while Yung Pak got used to these "monkey shines," and he knew that his pet would not stay away long after mealtime.
OUR LITTLE KOREAN COUSINH. LEE M. PIKEYet, if one looks closely, under the froth and foppery, some of the charm and perception of the man still shines through.
A LETTER FROM MR. CIBBER TO MR. POPECOLLEY CIBBERWhen I can cease to remember that the sun shines, that I exist—then, perhaps, I may forget you; but not till then.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, VOLUME 60, NO. 372, OCTOBER 1846VARIOUSBeside autocratic kingship it shines with a white light; it is obviously the portal of the future.
THE UNSOLVED RIDDLE OF SOCIAL JUSTICESTEPHEN LEACOCKThe cloud of these coming enemy reinforcements has cast its shadow over us for awhile and now the sun shines again.
GALLIPOLI DIARY, VOLUME IIAN HAMILTONEvery morning a white mist rises over the lake which shines like armour under the midday sun.
HONEY-BEEANATOLE FRANCEAs the sun shines alike upon the evil and the good, so in the eyes of justice the saint and the sinner are as one.
GOD AND MY NEIGHBOURROBERT BLATCHFORDDivine odours breathe from the body, which shines like gold amid the flames that refuse to kindle upon it.
THE CATACOMBS OF ROMEWILLIAM HENRY WITHROWI used to think meanly of the plumber; but how he shines beside the politician!
THE WORKS OF ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON - SWANSTON EDITION VOL. 25 (OF 25)ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSONThey remember only that the skies are blue, and the sun shines warm, and now there is plenty of corn.
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