Shedding
['ʃediŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shed
(n.) The act of shedding, separating, or casting off or out; as, the shedding of blood.
(n.) That which is shed, or cast off.
Checked by Justin
Examples
- There she satand who would have guessed how many tears she had been lately shedding? Jane Austen. Emma.
- Will, in finishing his pathetic speech, appeared almost on the point of shedding tears. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Getting out of a coach,' replied Oliver, shedding tears of delight, 'and going into a house. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Yet it is not more than five hundred years since the great empire of the Aztecs still believed that it could live only by the shedding of blood. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Would to heaven that the shedding of mine own blood, drop by drop, could redeem the captivity of Judah! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Then came the first shedding of blood. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The stars came out, shedding their ineffectual glimmerings on the light-widowed earth. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Looking up the path at the side he could see the door left open, shedding a soft, coloured light from the hall lamp. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Bella had brought dessert and two bottles of wine, thus shedding unprecedented splendour on the occasion. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- His voice faltered over the last words--faltered, as if he were actually shedding tears! Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
Checker: Lola