A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing, and the lawn mower is broken. From LearnThat.org. [James Dent]
Had shining virtues and few faults. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The shining of shoes provided a meager living. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : shining talents. ,a shining example. From Dictionary.com.
Importantly, this "shining" is in each case the sign that an entity has stepped into an "inner relation" with a higher whole. From Wordnik.com. [Psychology in Search of Psyches: Friedrich Schelling, Gotthilf Schubert and the Obscurities of the Romantic Soul] Reference
Alroy is a boyish hero, a knight in shining armour. From Wordnik.com. [Vincent - Criticism - Critical Contexts] Reference
I swiveled and saw my knight in shining armor out cold. From Wordnik.com. [One of Our Whales Is Missing] Reference
They all looked, and exclaimed at the name shining there. From Wordnik.com. [An Open Letter to Fans of South Plains Football] Reference
Meet Richard Alvarez, a real live knight in shining armour. From Wordnik.com. [Brian Ruckley · Interview with the Knight] Reference
My knight in shining armour has to work, so he's not coming with me. From Wordnik.com. [AUCKLAND, again!!!!!!! (Pre-legal Prac Auckland)] Reference
Amazing~ But of course, you still had your knight in shining armour. From Wordnik.com. [holiday] Reference
Another “knight in shining armor” for the weak female called Quitter. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Palin’s talk show debut garners weak reviews, lower-than-expected ratings.] Reference
Mirèio is a half-opened rose, still all shining from the rosy light of dawn. From Wordnik.com. [Nobel Prize in Literature 1904 - Presentation Speech] Reference
However, that knight in shining armour, might have a few chinks in its plates. From Wordnik.com. [2005 December « Squash] Reference
It is a Big Shell, Luahine sang, thoughtfully, pain shining through her notes. From Wordnik.com. [Pu’ukani’s Song « A Fly in Amber] Reference
Even the Demo's knight in shining armor JFK cut the tax rate and it brought more money in. From Wordnik.com. [Petzal on Palin: Who Thought McCain was That Smart?] Reference
Sure, you may just be a thug now, but people looking back will think you were a knight in shining armor. From Wordnik.com. [Camelot Now] Reference
IMO you should invest a little bit more into quality assurance if you like to stay your name shining. From Wordnik.com. [Discussions: Message List - root]
So we get these pukes talking about Bring em on, Dead or alive, Elivdoers vs Christians in shining armor. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Fox News’ John Gibson Bravely Opposes Civilian Massacres] Reference
If you have been her knight in shining dishes, then stick with the discretion plan and modify only the guilt. From Wordnik.com. [Carolyn Hax: Wife is resentful of his free time] Reference
If it has heroes that are not knights in shining armour, but people that sometimes have to do unsavoury things. From Wordnik.com. [Dark Fantasy as a Writing Genre: What is it anyway? - by Joanna Penn | The Creative Penn] Reference
NF/VG+ in shining black fine mesh cloth stamped brightly in gold on the spine with no flecking to the lettering. From Wordnik.com. [2009 June 25 | NIGEL BEALE NOTA BENE BOOKS] Reference
In the end, Despereaux learns that even the tiniest mouse can be as brave and successful as a knight in shining armor. From Wordnik.com. [The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo: Questions] Reference
But now the Jungfrau rose straight over them, protected from them by her great precipices, in shining confident isolation. From Wordnik.com. [Runner of the Mountain Tops: The Life of Louis Agassiz] Reference
The instant I felt its warmth I was reassured, and I sat a long time watching it climb higher and higher in shining waves. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of My Life] Reference
That is the reason he stood by "in shining, armour," as he said, in 1908 and allowed Austria to get Bosnia and Herzegovina. From Wordnik.com. [Some War Revelations] Reference
As the knight in shining armour to his three lady cats, territorial defence and the pride of the House of Rocky will be down to him. From Wordnik.com. [The Bodmin Kitten] Reference
Shared Water Course Systems, which, he referred to as shining examples of what could be achieved, and set the scene for further advances. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
But then, through a window sealed up with chicken wire, I saw the glorious crimson star of the Bintang label shining through the darkeness!. From Wordnik.com. [TravelPod.com TravelStream? ? Recent Entries at TravelPod.com] Reference
Whose grace recalls the shining sight of morning newly blown. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume I] Reference
"Angora," said Dolly, her artless enjoyment of the idea shining in her eyes. From Wordnik.com. [Vagabondia 1884] Reference
Noble, who is 6 feet, 2 inches tall with a goatee, recalls a shining moment and the memory makes him smile. From Wordnik.com. [Local News from The Lakeland Ledger] Reference
My soul went out to her as I recalled the shining cheek-bones, and the apron, and the chickens stewed in butter. From Wordnik.com. [Dawn O'Hara, the Girl Who Laughed] Reference
"Take this," said the marquis, drawing from beneath his cloak a shining, great weapon, ornamented with carven silver. From Wordnik.com. [Roads of Destiny] Reference
From the so called shining lights of democracies however, Western Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, there can be no excuse. From Wordnik.com. [Daniels Counter.] Reference
Suppose we first perceive the sun shining, which is a complex fact, and thence proceed to make the judgement 'the sun is shining'. From Wordnik.com. [The Problems of Philosophy] Reference
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