The phrase "a shine of" is not commonly used in written English and may sound awkward.
It could be used in a poetic or descriptive context to convey a specific type of brightness or gleam.
Example: "There was a shine of hope in her eyes as she spoke about her dreams."
Alternatives: "a glimmer of" or "a sparkle of".
A typical Ponsot poem decorates a traditional -- or at least orderly -- formal structure with askew descriptions ("a shine of laughing"), clots of assonance ("blackish package") and absolutely horrendous puns ("Self-schooled I've been fish").
They include "A Shine of Rainbows" (ages 10 to 13), a Canadian and Irish film about an adopted boy who enters a new life, and "Harun-Arun" (ages 8 to 10), a movie from India that deals with that country's partition and its effect on a small boy.
Upon which, punctual as archaic figures popping out of a medieval town-hall clock, there appeared through a door on the judge's dais a resplendent sheriff of the City of London, his breast supporting a cascade of lace and a shine of medals, his hands in white gloves, and a cocked hat under his arm, with an alderman in a handsome dark-blue furred gown at his side.
They show passion about the group achievements which spreads to the team and super-charges the group, enabling the collective to accomplish goals quickly, effectively, and to polish the final result with a shine of perfection.
The paper by Brooks et al. in this issue of GENETICS is a shining example of the power of enlisting model organisms in the service of human genetics.
HP was once a pillar of Silicon Valley, a shining example of technical and managerial culture at their best.
"Chicisimo is a shining example of the type of startup we like to work with".
In other words, he is a shining example of the thesis of his latest book.
Their enduring contribution to the management of T1D provides a shining example of clinically relevant translational research.
