How to pronounce shone
Listen to shone in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“shone” in real sentences
281 clips in the index · 16 American · 148 British · 8 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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of Lockerbie has shone back.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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Because of the boarded windows, no light shone.
British Library · hear it here
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two lamps which were shone down the hallway.
The Royal Institution · hear it here
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They've shone a light on places once ignored.
Australian Human Rights Commission · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of shone. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.