shining light

collocation in English

meaningsofshiningandlight

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shining
adjective
uk
/ˈʃaɪ.nɪŋ/us
/ˈʃaɪ.nɪŋ/
sending out or ...
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light
noun
uk
/laɪt/us
/laɪt/
the brightness that comes from the sun, fire, etc. and from electrical devices, and that allows things to ...
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(Definition ofshiningandlightfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofshining light

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Shininglighton dark winter.
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We must keep in mind that the shellfish industry has been ashininglightin some ways in our fishing industry in recent years.
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Some of us perhaps get a bit fed up of it being held up as the oneshininglightin this sector.
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They are bright stars in our educational firmament and have been ashininglightamid the educational gloom.
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He ought to be the guiding andshininglightfor the prosperity of agriculture and everything connected with it.
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He was ashininglight; he was a beacon at a time when it would have been convenient for people to forget, ignore and hide their heads in the sand.
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In these respects, no less than for his brilliant career, he is ashininglightin the memories of those who knew him.
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A flashe create single simple graphic in a location byshininglightthrough an aperture of the appropriate shape at a fixed location.
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He believed this was an indication that the science of the day would be theshininglightof the world, bringing about the new dawn.
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I tried to protect myself from theshininglightand built a barrier between me and the world.
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At a dark time, they were ashininglightfor so many.
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Not many know that during this battle ashininglight, also known by them back then as the second sun, appeared in the sky.
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When he takes off his coat, his body emits ashininglight.
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Shininglighton the tympanic membrane causes a cone-shaped reflection of light to appear in the anterior inferior quadrant.
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However, the tough wingman was a rareshininglight.
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He became, in the words of one contemporary, a burning andshininglight.
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The ballad goes on to explain how the man's love for his significant other isshininglightthrough clouds and contains vivid imagery to portray the extent of his conviction.
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The uncomplicated aesthetic of the work as a whole is refreshing and correlates harmoniously in this hidden creative outpost,shininglightin a previously darkened space.
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The hindwings and cilia areshininglightbrownish cupreous.
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