shadow
A dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.
How often you will meet it
Rank 979 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 18,704 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.009% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
noun
- A dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.
shadow in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Clustered in the shadow behind them were other figures.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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Against the farther wall the bed was like an enormous shadow, without form.
The Abandoned Room · Wadsworth Camp · Chapter 1
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The shadow of the vines made a delicate tracery over her white dress.
Gloria and Treeless Street · Annie Hamilton Donnell · Chapter 1
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At the same moment, a man stepped out from the shadow of a tree and walked slowly in the same direction.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles · Agatha Christie · Chapter 1
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And he did not know how it was, but he thought that a strange shadow had suddenly come across the blue sky.
Famous Stories Every Child Should Know · Hamilton Wright [Editor] Mabie · Chapter 1