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Examples
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So I gave up everything and played what they call shadow.
Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XIII, Nov. 28, 1891 Various
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By - the-bye, I have often heard that child talk of an indescribable fear which sometimes attacks him and which he calls the shadow.
Lavengro The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest George Henry Borrow 1842
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By the time we made it back to the car, we were shivering and the dunes were in shadow.
"I walk down to the ocean, after waking from a nightmare." greygirlbeast 2009
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The sun was rising behind the tallest iceberg, a sliver of brilliant yellow light that ignited the peaks of the three giants, while the remainder of the foreground ice loomed in shadow.
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With a start, he leapt to his feet, but was frustrated to find the way before him still swathed in shadow.
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The ghost of a Dream walked to-day — when after the spirit broke, I saw it — and myself and my Earl vanished in shadow.
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Our cover usually focuses on just one of these stories, shining a spotlight that, at least by contrast and implication, has tended to leave the others in shadow.
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You can never quite focus on them, and they are always shrouded in shadow.
“30 Days of Night” feels as long as its title » Scene-Stealers 2007
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Our cover usually focuses on just one of these stories, shining a spotlight that, at least by contrast and implication, has tended to leave the others in shadow.
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The human aspect of yourself would dwell on the fact that you were abandoned and unloved and the feelings or interpretations about this incident created a negative frame of mind called the shadow.
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