The fingerprint evidence proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that he had been at the crime scene.

Regulators are increasingly scrutinizing shadow banking systems to prevent systemic risk.

Many poets have written about the valley of the shadow of death as a metaphor for the hardships we all must endure.

The new intern, afraid of one's own shadow, avoided answering the phone and attending meetings.

A person who tends to jump at one's own shadow is unlikely to take the risks needed for innovation.