How to Use shiner in a Sentence

shiner

noun
  • He got a shiner during a fight at school.
  • The eye sported a shiner, and the ear was crusted with blood.
    — Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 14 May 2017
  • There were dark circles under my eyes that looked like shiners.
    — Jenna Birch, Health.com, 20 May 2020
  • Heather reveals her shiner, and what sure look like scratches on her arms.
    — oregonlive, 21 Dec. 2022
  • There’s a bright shiner lighting up the heavens these warm late-spring evenings.
    — Mike Lynch / Sky Watch, Twin Cities, 20 May 2017
  • The lines were baited with spawn sacs, shiner minnows or large fatheads.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 Jan. 2018
  • Emerald shiner minnows are a top bait for bass and perch, but very hard to find at local bait shops.
    — D'arcy Egan, cleveland.com, 16 Aug. 2019
  • The goaltender watched in the press box on Sunday and has a pretty nice shiner.
    — Josh Yohe, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Not to mess with Texas or anything, but this bock would give Shiner a shiner.
    — oregonlive, 16 Sep. 2019
  • The majority of fish killed were minnows, shiners, chubs, and dace.
    — Cami Koons, Iowa Capital Dispatch, 10 Feb. 2026
  • The best fishing required a bit of wind to lure the perch to their crappie rings tipped with emerald shiner minnows.
    — cleveland, 20 May 2021
  • Beyond the bait-shop fathead lies a whole world of minnows, including shiners, dace and chub.
    — Chad Mason, Outdoor Life, 3 June 2026
  • Josh notices Oliver icing his eye and comments on the shiner.
    — Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Bronzebacks might chase down a damselfly one minute, grab a cricket, or nail a skittering shiner the next.
    — Gerald Almy, Field & Stream, 20 Mar. 2023
  • The next brightest shiner is Vega, showing off its brilliance in the high eastern sky.
    — Mike Lynch / Sky Watch, Twin Cities, 3 June 2017
  • As for Tom, some photos of him looking bedraggled and sporting a shiner were making the rounds last week.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 16 Aug. 2021
  • The bluegills are hitting tiny jigs tipped with maggots or waxworms, while the perch prefer emerald shiner minnows.
    — cleveland.com, 19 Jan. 2018
  • Emerald shiner minnows and crayfish worked close to the river bottom in deeper pools are best for tempting bass to bite.
    — cleveland, 28 Apr. 2022
  • One of them is the blacktail shiner, which lives in parts of the Southeast, Midwest and in Texas.
    — April Reese, Discover Magazine, 18 Apr. 2014
  • On a trip two days earlier, Daniel set up his anglers with live wild shiners for bait, which produced three bass over 7 pounds.
    — Steve Waters, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Rempe, bruises, swelling, shiners and all, is a a darling of fans, teammates, coaches, even opponents.
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 2 Mar. 2024
  • With that, Steyer had earned his spurs, complete with a pair of shiners to exhibit to the resistance.
    — Max Abelson, Bloomberg.com, 25 Apr. 2018
  • The classic hardwater presentation for walleyes is a ¼ oz rattle spoon dressed with the front half of a minnow or shiner.
    — Outdoor Life, 20 Nov. 2019
  • Two years later, a group made of many of the same players was more equipped to take the kind of shiner the Broncos put on them, and keep the train moving.
    — Albert Breer, SI.com, 28 Sep. 2017
  • Swimbaits, Senkos and wild shiners work best near vegetation in turns throughout the river.
    — Mark Blythe, OrlandoSentinel.com, 7 July 2018
  • The mystery of Heather Gay's season 3 shiner is finally solved.
    — Maggie Kreienberg, Peoplemag, 3 Jan. 2024
  • Volunteer bike paramedic Judith Treviño checks the blood pressure of a shoe shiner who works in the main square.
    — Washington Post, 26 Feb. 2021
  • Live bluegill, minnows, or shiners are working for quality linesides in the Mokelumne River.
    — Sacbee, sacbee.com, 30 May 2017
  • Emerald shiner minnows are now available at the local bait shops, and most fishermen are cutting the large minnows in half to encourage the perch to bite.
    — cleveland, 26 Aug. 2021
  • In fact, more than half the stars seen in our sky that appear to be single shiners are actually systems of two, three, or even more stars revolving around each other.
    — Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 9 June 2019

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