The shadows of Hassadar's towers had shortened toward noon before the Countess returned to collect them.

As the sun rose higher in the sky the shadow shortened until noon, when it disappeared at the sixth hour mark.

He sipped the liquor and watched the shadows shorten as the sun rose higher into the sky.

The shadow of the cottage shortens, darkens, as the distant sun rises.

Hours passed, and the shadows shortened.

The rays grew hotter as their angle changed, and the shadows shortened.

He crouched some fifty ch'i from the unseen presence, perfectly at rest, watching the shadows shorten as the sun climbed the sky.

The beAt straightened-or rather, its shadow shortened, and it was suddenly standing straight in the ground again.

They had come a long way through the darkness, under the stars, and his shadow shortened.

Their shadows pointed the way ahead of them, and as the shadows shortened the heat rose.