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shadowed

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verb

past tense of shadow

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for shadowed
Adjective
  • Doe is strictly instructed by Muna not to answer her phone, while arrangements to meet a stranger on the other side to continue their journey sound shady enough even before the man fails to show up.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 25 Jan. 2025
  • To accomplish these goals, Peter had to bend his principles, including lying to Noor, an idealistic young staffer at the Iranian UN mission, about the fate of her brother and allying with a shady businessman, Jacob Monroe.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 24 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Upload another holiday album full of pictures where her left hand is hidden or obscured.
    Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 27 Dec. 2024
  • But it has been largely obscured by the perpetual closeness of statewide elections here, and the fact that Democrats have been winning them more often than losing them.
    Craig Gilbert, Journal Sentinel, 23 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Just as Warner Bros had given Jane’s true creative freedom, from their recording sessions to making their own videos, American facilitated and protected Deconstruction’s art.
    Aaron Gilbreath, SPIN, 31 Dec. 2024
  • But the ecosystem is far from protected, and there are now more than 750 million devices vulnerable to attack.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Prosecutors in the first four months of 2024 pursued nearly 19,000 soldiers, who either abandoned their posts or deserted, according to the Ukrainian parliament.
    Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Wreckage, oil and human remains washed up on beaches from South Florida to Long Island, New York, and horrified civilians watched from Atlantic City’s boardwalk as German subs pursued and sank merchant ships in broad daylight.
    David Wolman, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The through-line were sounds that leaned toward the smoldering and idiosyncratic — from his use of achingly passionate songs of heartbreak by Roy Orbison and Chris Isaak to his own shadowy recordings with modern torch singers Julee Cruise and Chrystabell.
    Steve Appleford, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Mexico has broken up migrant caravans and expanded a shadowy busing program that has transported thousands of migrants from the country’s northern border to sites deep in its south.
    Simon Romero, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Police believe owner may have been followed.
    Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Gi-hun is followed back to the games by a Seoul police officer, Jun-ho (Wi Ha-joon), who is looking for his missing brother, In-ho.
    Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • The violence that the Philippines has suffered in the last several decades, as well as its remaining ethnic and social tensions, can be traced to the legacy of imperial oppression.
    Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
  • So while the advisory attributes 100,000 cancer cases in the country each year to alcohol, most cancers can’t be traced back to a single cause.
    Alice Park, TIME, 4 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • The game was chippy right up through the final buzzer — the teams combined for 18 penalties, and practically every whistle was accompanied by a scrum — but the Lightning didn’t lose focus and left South Florida with two points.
    Eduardo A. Encina, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Austin American-Statesman When looking back on history, pivotal moments are often accompanied by photos.
    Austin American-Statesman, Austin American-Statesman, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Shadowed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shadowed. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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