Sentence examples for shone- from inspiring English sources

They also got a leader and genuine role model whose beacon of good citizenship shone all the brighter through times when the off-field trials at St Kilda threatened to overshadow a sustained period of excellence on it.

He was, I think, looking forward to the forthcoming referendum debates and his clarity and conviction would have shone through.

In his way were others who wanted to slam the status quo – at least one of whom shone as she did so.

Life Story, with a latest rating of 3.15 million (a 15% share) on BBC1, has hardly shone, not helped by BBC2 competition from Peaky Blinders and then The Fall.

His great love of language shone through in the clarity of his diction and the way he could energise the text, thereby clarifying its meaning.

The acting Labour leader, Harriet Harman, said Kennedy was the "golden boy in the Highlands" and that "he shone in this chamber".

Looking around from my perch, I spotted a dragonfly resting on a stalk of grass, just five feet away, every detail picked out by sunlight so that it glittered and shone.

For all the artifice, a glimmer of integrity shone through.

For Kenyans smarting from their athletes' failure to live up to admittedly sky-high expectations, David Rudisha's world record-breaking gold medal win in the 800m final shone all the brighter.

Some, perhaps especially on the left, were surprised by the love of country that shone through Isles Of Wonder.

And he was mostly out-shone by Cristiano Ronaldo, a new Portuguese star who plays for oh, curses Manchester United.