to sheen
1
4.0
- verb
- /ʃiːn/
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- Sitting in his desk chair, sheened with sweat, eyes closed, licking his lips.
- sheened with sweat
- sheened skin
- sheened face
Examples
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The wallpaper is lightly sheened with moisture from the heat.
Fiction book (1991) -
A song about things people hardly remembered these days, a hymn born of the memory of gentle evening breezes and the tender fragrance of dew-sheened wild roses clinging sweetly.
Fiction book (1992) -
The light was silver and sheening.
Fiction book (1993) -
Apparently they had finished their workout, for both were sheened with sweat and still panting slightly.
Fiction book (1992) -
The first thing he saw was a nurse's face in profile, faintly sheened with sweat.
Fiction book (1999) -
Flowers sheening in sunlight.
Fiction book (1991) -
His face was sheened with sweat, and there was even a drop trembling at the tip of his avian honker.
Fiction book (1992) -
Dan was still sleeping, lying on the bunk, his body sheened with perspiration, the shorts and tee-shirt they had put on him stained by his sweat.
Fiction book (2001) -
He took it back to his bachelor pad bungalow off the Strip, put it on a copy of The Hollywood Reporter on a table between an empty tequila bottle and a detritus of grease-sheened Jack-in-the-Box fries bags.
Fiction book (1998) -
After the rigorous training session, her skin was sheened with sweat, glistening under the gym lights.
Synonyms
428
1.0
To send out or reflect light and look bright
161
1.2
To shine with a steady soft light
70
1.9
To shine softly, often on a smooth or wet surface
51
4.3
To shine with a soft, slightly moving light
49
4.1
Shine with a soft light, like when wet or polished
19
3.9
To shine briefly with a small flash as light bounces off something
1
8.8
To shine with small bright flashes
Antonyms
How Shiny
Surface Forms
Etymology
The verb sheen comes from the same root as shine, which means 'to give light'. So to sheen is to shine softly or smoothly, often in a way that makes things look healthy.