adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
corner
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The cherubim at the shadowy corners of the ceiling mourned with him, their mouths downturned.
figure
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And then, for some reason, she thought of Miranda and the shadowy figure of Terence Patch.
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The best Rather could do was enthuse about shadowy figures in crowds who might or might not be somebody guilty of something.
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In all these transactions Balbinder seemed a shadowy figure .
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Following a brief but noisy scuffle, the window banged open and a shadowy figure burst through.
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To the right, open double doors hinted at shadowy figures .
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The veteran police officer had spotted a shadowy figure on the second floor of the complex.
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As his consciousness slipped away from him, he was aware of a shadowy figure appearing from the mist and standing over him.
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She sat down, then looked up to see the shadowy figure of the woman at the bar standing over her.
figures
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To the right, open double doors hinted at shadowy figures .
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The best Rather could do was enthuse about shadowy figures in crowds who might or might not be somebody guilty of something.
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Rob and Sarah Morrison are two of those shadowy figures who have contributed so much to the growth of freestyle in Britain.
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They saw shadowy figures in the semidarkness and opened fire.
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And some of those shadowy figures were men of his group.
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Now he could see only a few shadowy figures half-glimpsed through the mists of the cooking fumes.
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She looked carefully at the picture, studying the rings on the index fingers of the two shadowy figures .
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Philip waited, crouched on the wet leaves listening, staring into the trees, looking for movement, shadowy figures .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a shadowy figure at the back of the crowd
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a shadowy network of terrorist groups
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Cley was left once more in his chambers, in the shadowy silence which was now his greatest pleasure.
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Gripping her spear in white hands, she stood gazing at the shadowy Isle.
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Most stayed, under the shadowy evergreens, among the tall sycamores and beeches on the bluff above the water.
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Shadows merge into the snow; the woodcut turns into a shadowy chalk drawing.
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She sat down, then looked up to see the shadowy figure of the woman at the bar standing over her.
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The male roles, on the other hand, are shadowy and unformed, even within the stereotypes they represent.
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To the right, open double doors hinted at shadowy figures.