shadows

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You can tell its fake, the shadows are all wrong.

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  1. noun An area that is not or is only partially irradiated or illuminated because of the interception of radiation by an opaque object between the area and the source of radiation.
  2. noun The rough image cast by an object blocking rays of illumination. See Synonyms at shade.
  3. noun An imperfect imitation or copy.

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  • Grinning out of the shadows was an iron face, half-bird, half-monster, brilliantly painted, sardonic, disturbing and, in that light, strangely alive. —  Death of a Fool - Ngaio Marsh - Alleyn 19: 1956
  • Of course, the fable of the shadows is a myth Peal after peal of thunder filled the rooms of Doc Savage's headquarters. —  035 - Murder Mirage
  • Up near the ceiling, sixty feet above the mill floor, the shadows were almost impenetrable. —  Dan Simmons - Hardcase
  • Looming in the shadows was a dark, bulky figure CHAPTER 12 bby gasped and stepped backward. —  Lisa Jackson - Shiver
  • Talisman spun to see that sitting in the shadows was an old blind man wearing a grey robe and cowl. —  David A
 

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