How to Use shiny in a Sentence

shiny

adjective
  • The world will see the city’s shiny façade beamed through their TVs.
    Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 24 July 2024
  • The plan is to clean them and give them a shiny new coat of paint.
    David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 8 May 2024
  • There was the first lady in a blue coat and shiny brown knee-high boots.
    Danielle Paquette, Washington Post, 28 Nov. 2023
  • What’s notable is that the shiny rate on the Pokemon seemed high.
    Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2024
  • It’s made from faux leather, which has the same shiny look without the hefty price tag.
    Toni Sutton, Peoplemag, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Necklaces, bracelets, and rings will be clean and shiny in no time.
    Rachel Kashdan, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Mar. 2023
  • The skin over the swollen area may also appear stretched and shiny.
    Laura Schober, Health, 2 Oct. 2024
  • The shiny piece features thick straps and a sharp scoop neckline.
    Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Most anglers are using live shrimp and shiny lures to catch the fish.
    Alan Sherman, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The attachment was a picture of two shiny bullets in the palm of a hand.
    Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2023
  • No… [laughs] That’s a song full of shadows but dressed up to seem shiny – a bit like me.
    Billboard Italy, Billboard, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Gone are the days of shiny new tech and the latest designer pieces.
    Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 23 June 2024
  • Hilton asks as Phoenix coos and hits the shiny object against his walker.
    Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 19 Dec. 2023
  • This spray makes hair feel soft, shiny, and bouncy when used with heat.
    Rebecca Norris, Peoplemag, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Near a farmhouse, a shiny steel tanker was parked by a mango tree.
    Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Kenna Ehman spends over half an hour in the shower to get her hair clean and shiny.
    Alina Dizik, WSJ, 21 Mar. 2023
  • One pack comes with a mix of 24 shiny, matte and sparkling pendants.
    Mariah Thomas, Good Housekeeping, 21 Nov. 2022
  • Starting anything in this world feels so big and shiny and hard.
    Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 11 Oct. 2024
  • The secret to this craft is using a coat of Modge Podge to make the bugs shiny (and keep the leaves from drying out).
    Lauren Piro, Good Housekeeping, 31 Oct. 2022
  • Her nude glossy lips were damn near as shiny as her nose highlight.
    Gabi Thorne, Allure, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Sure, the outrages are outrageous, and shiny, and get people on both sides of the aisle in a snit.
    John Archibald | Jarchibald@al.com, al, 26 Feb. 2023
  • The colchicums send up a big, bold, and blousy mass of shiny green foliage in early summer.
    Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Embrace the motion, and watch your world become shiny and new again!
    Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Sep. 2022
  • And surfaces so shiny, the crew’s reflection could often be seen in shots of the truck.
    Gabe Cohn, New York Times, 31 May 2024
  • For the shiny, brown German shorthaired pointer, the job is mostly a game of hide and seek.
    Lauren Brensel, Orlando Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2024
  • Affleck looked cool in a sleek black suit and tie over a matching dress shirt and shiny black dress shoes.
    Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 14 Oct. 2022
  • The trophy and wrench get their shiny silver coat from aluminum foil.
    Deborah Way, Parents, 6 Oct. 2023
  • His eyes beady, his forehead shiny, and his speech slightly out of sync from his mouth.
    Andrew R. Chow, Time, 12 Jan. 2023
  • Our thought, even going back to multi-cam, is that this doesn’t have to be a bright, shiny multi-cam.
    Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 24 Oct. 2024
  • These will be must-haves for collectors who may be missing them or their shiny versions.
    Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2024

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