Shed

//ʃɛd//

"Shed" in a Sentence (34 examples)

The poor girl shed tears.

I cannot shed a tear for that horrible man.

Clean out the shed and throw away things you don't need.

They shed tears at the news.

Such was her joy that she shed tears.

So great was her joy that she shed tears.

She shed plentiful tears when her beloved dog was killed in an accident.

She shed tears while listening to the story.

She shed bitter tears.

She shed crocodile tears over his death.

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to shed something in two

to shed the sheep from the lambs

A metal comb shed her golden hair.

We are shed with each other by an enormous distance.

1635, "Sermon on Philippians III, 7, 8", in Select Practical Writings of David Dickson (1845), Volume 1, page 166 Internet Archive Lest […] ye shed with God.

You must shed your fear of the unknown before you can proceed.

When we found the snake, it was in the process of shedding its skin.

White oats are apt to shed most as they lie, and black as they stand.

She called on all the marathoners to go to Staten Island to help with the clean-up effort and to bring the clothes they would have shed at the start to shelters or other places where displaced people were in need.

Did Romeo's hand shed Tybalt's blood?

I didn't shed many tears when he left me.

A tarpaulin sheds water.

The crash occurred in a steep-sided cutting lined with self-seeded deciduous trees that were shedding their leaves, following unusually heavy rain and high winds in the 12 hours beforehand.

to shed light on

Can you shed any light on this problem?

What tho’ the moon—the white moon Shed all the splendour of her noon, Her smile is chilly—and her beam, In that time of dreariness, will seem (So like you gather in your breath) A portrait taken after death.

Sence now that he by the right honde of god exalted is, and hath receaved off the father the promys off the holy goost, he hath sheed forthe that which ye nowe se and heare.

Her hair […] is shed with gray.

garden shed

There are numerous sheds in the now grass-grown yard, most of which now house threshing machines and farm carts instead of locomotives and rolling stock, although [in] the roofs of some are gaping holes.

Never saw that but we did stand and watch a pair of Sheds (156 and 165) speed north on a loaded steel.

On the Dava line, apart from the banking assistance given by the 4-4-0s, the traffic is handled by the standard class "5" 4-6-0s, known among the drivers as "Hikers"; these engines are shedded at Inverness and Perth.

As these [diesel] trains have to be shedded under cover at night, four additional outdoor standage roads are being provided for stabling of electric rolling stock after inspection in the shed.

Three 14XX class 0-4-2Ts were allocated to Bath Road for the Clevedon branch and one was sub-shedded at Yatton for a week at a time, during which period it amassed an aggregate mileage of nearly 1,400 miles.

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