shadowy figure

collocation in English

meaningsofshadowyandfigure

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shadowy
adjective
uk
/ˈʃæd.əʊ.i/us
/ˈʃæd.oʊ.i/
dark and full ...
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figure
noun[C]
uk
/ˈfɪɡ.ər/us
/ˈfɪɡ.jɚ/
the symbol for a number or an amount expressed ...
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(Definition ofshadowyandfigurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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She becomes ashadowyfigurewho, however, manages to dominate the town authorities.
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This article will examine what is known of this somewhatshadowyfigure, and of his relations with the minister.
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The father is sketched in as ashadowyfigurein a dark winter coat.
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For instance, theshadowyfigurebehind the screen was perhaps given too much visibility, thus diminishing the full impact of the idea.
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For all its abundant merits there were many readers who felt that the archbishop remained a much moreshadowyfigurethan the scholar in her account.
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Rushbrook is a rathershadowyfigure.
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A rathershadowyfigureappeared from time to time, giving advice as to how to find a way round this apparent difficulty.
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Eventually the player discovers a terrible secret: theshadowyfigureresponsible for all this chaos is a dark twin.
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Kassia catches up to her and tries again to calm her, but both women see ashadowyfigurestanding nearby.
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They are also running from ashadowyfigure.
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The door opens and theshadowyfigureof an alien appears.
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A mysteriousshadowyfigureblocks the road and the car screeches to a halt.
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Ashadowyfigureslips out, approaches one of the downed aircraft, and slowly extracts a writhing, miniature human body.
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Djedefptah is ashadowyfigureascribed a reign of varying years, whose existence is questionable.
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They watch the surveillance video and notice ashadowyfigureexit the museum before they do.
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It only converts the anthropologist into ashadowyfigure, prone to newsworthy and shallow pronouncements about the cosmic condition of the human race.
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She catches sight of ashadowyfigureshambling toward the lodge!
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The remainder of the recorded history of thisshadowyfigurebecomes even more murky.
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Man, he sneaks in at all, will only be ashadowyfiguresomewhere in the background.
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