shinier; shiniest
1
: having a smooth glossy surface
shiny new shoes
2
a
: bright with the rays of the sun : sunshiny
b
: filled with light
3
: rubbed or worn smooth
4
: lustrous with natural secretions
a shiny nose
shininess
noun
Examples of shiny in a Sentence
we could see our reflections in the shiny surface of the marble walls
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Walking across shiny, immaculately clean floors into the still room, a tour leads visitors to a room with the immense structures the Bakers use to make their special brand of whiskey.
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Emily M. Olson, Hartford Courant, 17 May 2026
Drawing on more than 15 years of experience across both billion-dollar corporations and startups, Tiffany explained why companies should stop chasing shiny new tactics, focus on fixing existing systems, and use AI as an amplifier rather than a replacement.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 16 May 2026
His younger brother Luca Dotti’s offerings, the 2013 coffee table book Audrey in Rome and the 2015 cookbook Audrey at Home, are lighter and brighter, more focused on the shiny surface of his mother’s legacy.
—Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 15 May 2026
Fuel limitations on the GSSAP satellites, made by Northrop Grumman, force US commanders to think twice about sending them off to look at every shiny new object that arrives in GEO.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 15 May 2026
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Emily M. Olson, Hartford Courant, 17 May 2026
Drawing on more than 15 years of experience across both billion-dollar corporations and startups, Tiffany explained why companies should stop chasing shiny new tactics, focus on fixing existing systems, and use AI as an amplifier rather than a replacement.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 16 May 2026
His younger brother Luca Dotti’s offerings, the 2013 coffee table book Audrey in Rome and the 2015 cookbook Audrey at Home, are lighter and brighter, more focused on the shiny surface of his mother’s legacy.
—Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 15 May 2026
Fuel limitations on the GSSAP satellites, made by Northrop Grumman, force US commanders to think twice about sending them off to look at every shiny new object that arrives in GEO.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 15 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for shiny
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“Shiny.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shiny. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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