Sentence examples for he casts a shadow from inspiring English sources

We only get tantalizing glimpses of Edgar Nooks (with a total screen time of only thirty-three seconds!), but he casts a shadow over virtually everything in the story.

Now he casts a shadow like the tree trunks, because it is day, but he cannot find his way out of the wood and stumbles around in a circle without knowing it, takes some crumbs out of his haversack, unscrews the top of his canteen, and drinks, sending the helmet back over his neck.

And he can play nasty defense, swatting away shots as he casts a shadow over opponents that could cover an entire school cafeteria.

Mr. Clinton did not attend the hearing, but he cast a shadow over it.

When Tiger Woods turned professional in 1996, he cast a shadow over golf so large it engulfed Mickelson, who has four major victories to Woods's 14. Mickelson never ascended to No. 1 in the world; Woods spent 623 weeks at the top.

He, too, casts a shadow, just as we cast ours among theirs.

In "Still Life" those who know the life story of Vincent Van Gogh will recognize Death hovering over the tortured artist, yet he hardly casts a shadow as Benoit's consumption consumes him.

Yet he casts a long shadow.

The cruel and handsome bully, Jacques Kittredge, is as easily second-guessed as Miss Frost, but he casts a long shadow over weaker boys.

He casts a long shadow over modern art, even though he was only 5-foot-3, according to his passport, displayed here with other personal effects -- a corkscrew, his bowler hat, his Slinky -- on loan from the Man Ray Trust.

In an extensive run involving Jasper Johns, for instance, the camera focuses on the artist's rhythmic body language as he paints "Harlem Light" (1964) -- weaving, dancing, reaching, stepping back to contemplate, and communicating with the canvas in other ways as he casts a giant shadow on the painting's surface.