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shadowed

adjective C2
  1. Depicted with shading, as if showing areas in shadow.
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“I think it shadowed his whole life.
The Valley of Fear, p. 52 · C1
His expressive mobile face shadowed over, and he shook his head.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 66 · B2
Without going into details, I may say that it defined the position of Great Britain towards the Triple Alliance, and fore-shadowed the policy which this country would pursue in the event of the French fleet gaining a complete ascendancy over that of Italy in the Mediterranean.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 62 · B2
“Tangey, the commissionnaire, has been shadowed.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 78 · B2

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