The phrase "a little shadow" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a small or faint shadow, often in a poetic or metaphorical context.
Example: "As the sun began to set, a little shadow danced across the ground, creating a whimsical scene."
Alternatives: "a small shadow" or "a faint shadow".
What has happened becomes "a little shadow; the thing not spoken of".
I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me, And what can be the use of him is more than I can see.
"A little shadow of a guy comes on the screen and goes, 'Are you half the man you used to be?' " he recounted.
Contreras, who has a strained shoulder, will play catch Friday and have another magnetic resonance imaging test July 3. "I expected the last M.R.I. to be fine, but they saw a little shadow of an injury," Contreras said through an interpreter.
But it is no surprise that the most satisfying snippet in the show is a simple, propless dance based on the famous poem "My Shadow" ("I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me"), performed by the adult Stevenson (Aloysius Gigl) and his child cousin Annie (Rebecca Bellingham) -- and their shadows.
Keyboardist Gus (a little shadow above his top lip), guitarist Gwill (a coating of wispy blond pelage), drummer Thom (early-onset beard) and singer Joe (as close to clean shaven as you can get with an old disposable on the seventh go of a disposable Wilkinson Sword).
Much more common is what he calls "fancy," a word that comes from and is still a little shadowed by "fantasy".
This is more to do with the layout than us not liking funny ads or store names--if it can't be neatly cut out and dropped on a white background with a tiny little shadow, either we have to crop it down to just the essential part (which looks ugly) or it ends up taking over the page in a huge sprawling mess.
So demolition seems to be fate for the Astoria, a fragile little shadow of Yorkville's history.
In 1628, in particular in the Peter and Paul Disputing, Rembrandt developed a method by which the lit elements in the painting are basically clustered in one area, in such a manner that little shadow is needed to separate the various forms.
