I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a rain shower ( also a shower of rain British English ) (= a short period of rain )
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a heavy shower of rain accompanied by lightning
a shower cap (= worn to keep your hair dry when having a shower )
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There was a little bag containing soap, shampoo and a shower cap.
a shower curtain (= for keeping the water in the shower )
meteor shower (= a lot of meteors that fall down towards the Earth at the same time )
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a meteor shower
scattered showers (= short periods of rain )
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There will be some scattered showers in the afternoon.
shower cap
shower cubicle
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a shower cubicle
shower gel
shower of sparks
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The scrape of metal on metal sent up a shower of sparks .
shower sb with gifts (= give someone a lot of gifts )
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He showered her with gifts and exotic holidays.
shower sb with praise (= praise them a lot )
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Taiwan's media lately showered praise on Li Yundi, the 18-year-old piano prodigy.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
cold
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So she jumped under the cold shower every morning.
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He put water on to boil and took a cold shower .
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In the morning, when you get up, take a cold shower .
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Their appearance interrupts the mood established by the preceding poems like a cold shower on a hot, muggy day.
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I took a cold shower and changed my clothes.
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Therefore hot and cold showers , arguments, and exercise are not good preludes to helping you get to sleep.
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My privations were few-\#cold showers , and electricity for only four hours each day.
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But then I must have a cold shower .
electric
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Each yacht has at least one spacious bathroom complete with vanity unit, mirror and electric shower option.
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Fully tiled shower cubicle with fitted Triton T80 electric shower.
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An electric shower , however, needs to be wired into its own circuit.
heavy
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More heavy showers are forecast for tonight and for the rest of the week.
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A heavy monsoon shower began, wetting us through, and we both started to laugh.
hot
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Therefore hot and cold showers , arguments, and exercise are not good preludes to helping you get to sleep.
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Then he went upstairs, said goodnight to Dooley and took a hot shower .
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In addition to this type of gas water heater, there are electric instantaneous water heaters for providing hot water for showers .
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You come take a hot shower .
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The best time to push the cuticles back is after a hot bath or shower when they are soft.
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It was coffee with brandy, it was eggs Benedict, it was a hot shower and a walk in the park!
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To tell the truth, my favourite bit is having a hot shower afterwards.
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After breakfast and a hot shower , Maria took us both by the hand and led us upstairs to the attic.
long
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A long shower only improved things fractionally.
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He felt vibrantly alive, he felt clean, scrubbed by Debbie in a long cold shower .
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He did his teeth and took a long shower , first hot then cold.
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A long shower relaxed her still further.
private
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All the comfortable rooms sleep two and are of a high standard with private shower and W.C; most have a balcony.
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Rooms are well furnished, twin bedded, with private showers and balconies.
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Twin bedrooms all have a private bath or shower .
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Some rooms en suite, some private shower .
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Rooms are twin bedded, all with balconies and private showers .
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All rooms have central heating, colour television, tea/coffee making facilities, en suite or private shower .
quick
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There would just be time for a quick shower if she hurried.
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We rushed through quick showers and changed into wrinkled civilian clothes.
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Then she went and took a quick shower .
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I took another quick shower , dressed, and left.
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I chivvied him into a quick shower .
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Ronni dressed quickly after an even quicker shower and ran a brush through her shiny blonde hair.
■ NOUN
cubicle
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Fully tiled shower cubicle with fitted Triton T80 electric shower.
curtain
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Then, through a gap in the shower curtain , he saw a dark shape.
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Jen said, sweeping aside the shower curtain and sitting down on the edge of the tub.
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There was a shadow on the shower curtain , a human-shape holding something in an upraised arm.
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This reminded me I needed to replace my shower curtains .
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It was true that the shower curtain should have been renewed.
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There was laundry hanging all along the shower curtain rod.
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The shower curtain market is changing rapidly.
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As you are painfully aware, when it comes to being handy, I can barely work a shower curtain .
gel
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Do you know that this unique shower gel actually leaves your skin up to 28% smoother?
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And she had been special, Ruth gritted to herself as she rubbed her body liberally with shower gel .
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Now he is more likely to ask for a body spray or shower gel .
head
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There is, of course, much more to the environmental story than low-flow shower heads .
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At the Continental, Jasper and I had stood a long time under a shower head together.
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The gargoyle shower heads which never saw running water.
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The cheap rooms lack air conditioning; mid-range gets you air-conditioning, but the shower head may fall off the pipe.
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Softened water will prevent scaling of shower heads and bathroom fittings.
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The shower heads in the Lakers' locker room are nine feet high.
meteor
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On some nights one can see so many of these popularly-called shooting stars that we speak of a star or meteor shower .
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These few lucky observers had witnessed the most spectacular meteor shower in recorded history, surpassing even the 1833 Leonids.
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You might have thought that no meteor shower , no space dist had ever touched that brilliance.
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It is startling but true that no meteorite fall has ever been associated with a meteor shower .
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Bundle up for the annual Geminid meteor shower , peaking around midnight Dec. 13.
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No cometary meteor shower has ever produced a meteorite fall.
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Interestingly, three regular meteor showers have orbits connected with three asteroids whose orbits bring them very close to Earth.
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The random background meteors that do not belong to discrete meteor showers are called sporadic meteors.
rain
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I feel the wind on my face and the first drops of a summer rain shower falling on my hair.
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The latest rain shower had stopped, and an orange, smoky sunset came on.
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However, cloud conditions in Florida are expected to worsen after Friday, with low clouds and rain showers likely.
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A rain shower splatters so realistically, you almost feel wet.
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They were married between rain showers at an outdoor ceremony at the farm near Hope, N.D., Saturday night.
room
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Our cabin, designed for four, had ample hanging-space, trouser-press, hair-drier and tea-making facilities, in addition to shower room .
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The image was of steam rising from the shower room of the Yokasuka brig.
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It includes master bedroom with ensuite shower room , three further bedrooms, second bathroom, gas central heating, double garage.
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It features 10 shower rooms , five single day rooms with showers and a double room with shower.
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We found him at least two of my officers did, in a bath full of boiling water in the shower rooms .
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Billy was numb as his father carried him from the shower room to the pool.
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We undressed and walked right through the shiny white-tiled shower room where a woman attendant was scrubbing some one with a loofah.
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I had dressed after my shower and was sitting on the steps of the shower room staring dully through the wire.
stall
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He asked for the shampoo in the shower stall and she handed it to him.
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Tillman worked her hard all day made her change sheets, scour shower stalls .
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The urinals were metal, and in a distant area of shadows there appeared to be shower stalls .
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We got a hotel room that featured peeling paint, no windows, and a john in the shower stall .
tray
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The new range of Access shower trays from Nordic neatly solves all these problems.
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He swayed as he stepped clear of the shower tray .
■ VERB
fall
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The very weak carbonaceous meteorites often fall as showers of tiny fragments with masses of grams.
send
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A log in the fire broke and fell, sending out a shower of sparks.
stand
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Pascoe stood in the shower for twenty minutes, but still felt sluggish with sleep.
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She stood under the shower , her thoughts going back to Dana.
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She stood under the shower and told herself it was the water that was running down her face and not tears.
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He washed thoroughly, standing under his shower while the hot water poured over him.
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The threw back the bedclothes, shed her clinging nightgown and stood under a cool shower until she began to come alive.
step
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Adam stepped out of the freezing shower .
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I stepped into the enclosed shower and pulled the door shut.
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Jazzbeaux stepped under the shower , and sponged her wounds.
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While he was in there he dropped his clothing around his feet and stepped into the shower .
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She rinsed off and stepped out of the shower .
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Just after I'd stepped under the shower , I heard him come up behind me.
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He swayed as he stepped clear of the shower tray.
take
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On my return from town, I took a shower in the concrete-lined cubicle in the bungalow.
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He got up and went to the bathroom, took a shower .
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Her mind ranged over wide vistas of blood but her body took a shower and changed its clothes.
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Smitty went into the bathroom to take a shower .
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He did his teeth and took a long shower , first hot then cold.
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With great effort, she gets up and takes a shower .
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Then she went and took a quick shower .
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He put water on to boil and took a cold shower .
turn
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He waited for her to turn off the steaming shower .
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Scott heard it at last and looked around, fumbling for the taps, trying to turn off the shower .
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He turned the shower off, and plugged his razor into the wall outlet.
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He turned on the shower and waited for the hot water to flow through so that he could adjust the temperature.
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She turned off the shower and reached for a towel.
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Old Hercule's stuff had been built to last, she reflected ruefully as she turned on the shower .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
bathroom/toilet/shower stall
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He asked for the shampoo in the shower stall and she handed it to him.
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The urinals were metal, and in a distant area of shadows there appeared to be shower stalls .
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Think about it, really, would you trust somebody who promotes their self in a bathroom stall ?
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Tillman worked her hard all day made her change sheets, scour shower stalls .
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We got a hotel room that featured peeling paint, no windows, and a john in the shower stall .
take/need a cold shower
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He put water on to boil and took a cold shower.
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I took a cold shower and changed my clothes.
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In the morning, when you get up, take a cold shower.
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Instead he took a cold shower and a huge mug of coffee, and tried to sort out his thoughts.
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There is one foolproof way to rid yourself of this - take a cold shower.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a baby shower
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Heavy showers are forecast for the weekend.
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I want to thank both of you again for your beautiful shower gifts.
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It was just a shower , so we didn't get too wet
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The weather will be cloudy with light showers in places.
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Tomorrow's forecast calls for a few scattered showers.
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We're giving a shower for Beth next week.
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We didn't play any of the usual games at the baby shower .
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What did you give Chris for her wedding shower ?
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You'll feel better after a nice hot shower .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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I told him she was in the shower and that she would be out right away.
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In the morning, when you get up, take a cold shower .
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Our cabin, designed for four, had ample hanging-space, trouser-press, hair-drier and tea-making facilities, in addition to shower room.
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She was damp, she was sore from scrubbing with the shower mitt, her hair hung in rats' tails.
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The image was of steam rising from the shower room of the Yokasuka brig.
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The very weak carbonaceous meteorites often fall as showers of tiny fragments with masses of grams.
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They have a special hook feature for hanging in the shower .
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
down
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Venus is back in your sign and her many blessings will soon start showering down upon you.
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Confetti showered down on us and congratulations were shouted from all directions.
■ NOUN
gift
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He pursued her, showering her with gifts , jewels and precious cloths.
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He was showered with medals, gifts , money and jewels.
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She began to shower him with desperate gifts .
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It was then that the church treasury was showered with gifts of the finest reliquaries and liturgical items goldsmiths could make.
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The pair met through a dating agency and she showered him with gifts and exotic holidays.
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But he gave much of his time to them and showered them with expensive gifts .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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His family loved him so much they showered him with affection.
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I got up early as usual, and showered and shaved.
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It's so hot there, you have to shower three or four times a day.
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Medals were showered on the soldiers returning from battle.
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The Earth is constantly showered by rocky debris from space.
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Trudi was treated as a special guest and was showered with gifts everywhere she went.
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When Elvis first became famous he had honours and awards showered upon him.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Back at the East Bathhouse we prowled the corridors and showered in icy water.
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He says to shower for at least 10 minutes and not to opt for a bath.
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He was showered with medals, gifts, money and jewels.
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I shower and lay out all seven bathing suits on the bed and try to picture myself in one in particular.
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In autumn a rowan tree at the front gate was showered with berries.
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It smashed into a wall, showering coins.
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Shoppers and workers in similar centres in Britain have been showered with glass when panels of toughened glass have suddenly shattered.