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umbra

noun as in shade

noun as in shade

noun as in shadow

noun as in soul

noun as in spirit

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Example Sentences

It loves the fig-trees with nothing but leaves; it adores the stat magni nominis umbra.

What signifies disputing about queen or king,—when men may sit at peace—sub umbra vitis sui?

The dark portion within the shadow has all the light excluded from it and is called the umbra.

The double of the Egyptian sepulchral records corresponds exactly to the of the Greeks and the umbra of the Latins.

For the “Romani nominis umbra,” the shadow of the mighty race whom they had conquered, lay heavy on our forefathers for centuries.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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