shadows
plural of “shadow” — shade within clear boundaries
An inflected form of shadow · plural.
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,877 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 9,572 times across 173,499 chapters — 0.005% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- shade within clear boundaries
- an unilluminated area also: darkness, dark he moved off into the darkness
- something existing in perception only also: apparition, phantom, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm a ghostly apparition at midnight
- a premonition of something adverse a shadow over his happiness
- an indication that something has been present also: trace, vestige, tincture there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claima tincture of condescension
- refuge from danger or observation he felt secure in his father's shadow
shadows 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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The shadows flicker to and fro: The cricket chirps: the light burns low: ’Tis nearly twelve o’clock.
Poems Every Child Should Know · Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth) [Editor] Burt · Chapter 1
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And a dark-gray cloud came over the sun, and long, snake-like shadows crept up along the mountain sides.
Famous Stories Every Child Should Know · Hamilton Wright [Editor] Mabie · Chapter 1
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Encamped beside Life's rushing stream, In Fancy's misty light, Gigantic shapes and shadows gleam Portentous through the night.
The Complete Poetical Works of Henry · Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · Chapter 1
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Johnny's father that afternoon mounted his new saddle-horse and rode through the afternoon lights and shadows of spring.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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What fearful shapes and shadows beset his path, amidst the dim and ghastly glare of a snowy night!
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow · Washington Irving · Chapter 1