Hold
Hold verb - To have or keep in one's hands.
Shine
Shine verb - To emit rays of light.
How words are described
| good | good hold | good shine |
| high | high hold | high shine |
| best | best hold | best shine |
| original | original hold | original shine |
| Other adjectives: true, simple, powerful, entire, big, huge, little, final, last. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Naturally, the heroes retrieve the head and hold it aloft to the 'Nightwalker' just as the first rays shine across the hills...
Source: Cue the Sun -
Intimate Healing: Variation in which Alma and Ruri need to hold hands in order to make a piece of stone shine so Oni-Gawara can be healed.
Source: Anime / Sacred Seven - Things ranging from 'when you fall, you can keep on shooting with your pistol' to 'don't shine a light in a witch's eyes' to 'you can shut a door on zombies to hold them off a while'.
Source: Establishing Series Moment
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