Shining used in a sentence

Shining in a sentence as a noun

The problem is that many governments, also in Europe, still see the USA as a shining example which to follow.

After decades of publish-or-perish sweatshop science I'm sure the great shining archive of scientific truth is sort of like an inbox with no spam filter.

Really shining example of the free market and competition magically solving all our problems, fellas.

But to me that was always shining through that argument was that there is always an implicit process and that process is usually ideal for the current people "in power".

Shining in a sentence as an adjective

It almost feels like he has a secret cabal he's colluding with to pass traffic between then, for all they mention each-other in shining terms--but it's just unsolicited praise.

I think one of the keys to understanding garbage collection is to understand that it is on a continuum of memory management techniques, and the line is a great deal less bright and shining than people often realize.

And it is certainly news to me that anyone here on HN is critical of WikiLeaks as they have done what any journalists do: by shining a light on the worlds most powerful for the benefit of all of us. There is no real difference between how WikiLeaks or The NY Times achieve their goals, except WikiLeaks is not beholden to anyone, so the have more credibility.