Shiner in A Sentence

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    Brian Rix plays a Brighton antique dealer with a talking parrot whom he believes is the reincarnation of his dead partner Ronald Shiner.

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    From a hilltop you can see a fish leap in almost any part; for not a pickerel or shiner picks an insect from this smooth surface but it manifestly disturbs the equilibrium of the whole lake.

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    In America the name bream is commonly given to the golden shiner minnow (Abramis chrysoleucus), to the pumpkin-seed sunfish (Eupomotis gibbosus), and to some kinds of porgy (Sparidae).

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    It was lucky because it hit just the other side of the eye -- I had a nice little shiner for a while.

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    Ryland looked relieved that the shiner was the extent of his injuries.

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    The document covers bluegill, redear sunfish, threadfin shad, golden shiner and fathead minnow.

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    Those village worms are quite too large; a shiner may make a meal off one without finding the skewer.

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    Unfortunately for many parents, these toys can quickly lose their luster as children become used to them, or move on to shiner, newer objects.