Showered
[ʃauəd]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Shower
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Examples
- We were greeted with an endless round of applause and showered with ornaments of gold, platinum, silver, and precious jewels. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Pale as the snow that showered about her, with clasped hands, Idris stood before me. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- She showered upon him the tenderest epithets that love could devise, he addressed her from the North Pole of his frozen heart as the Spouse of Christ! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Long before we saw the sea, its spray was on our lips, and showered salt rain upon us. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Compliments, invitations, and presents were showered upon him in abundance from all quarters; his society was courted by all, and all appeared proud of his acquaintance. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
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