Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: shines
IPA transcription: [ʃ'aɪnz]
Usage examples
  • It's a peak that looks red when the sun shines on it."
  • The tiny animal soars in space and shines, lit up by the sun.
  • Nothing but the green grass, and the sun which shines upon it."
  • The nature of the sun is radiance; it shines without will or intelligence.
  • "I want them in front," persisted Mary, "for the sun shines stronger there."
  • "It once led me into trouble, but now it shines upon me with my arms around you.
  • On days when shines were plentiful they had something to eat, otherwise they starved or begged."
  • The prudent man, in the old maxims, makes hay while the sun shines and ploughs deep while sluggards sleep.
  • Vesta is bigger than any of the others, being five hundred miles in diameter, and shines like a star of the sixth magnitude.
  • The coal-mines can be emptied, but so long as the sun shines and the rains fall, Niagara will remain as a source of light, heat, and power.