Shown
Shown is an American surname that reflects an Anglicization of the German surname Schaun. A common variant is Shawn. Examples:
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“Many have attempted unnatural acts, but Nature has always shown the way.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing,
Only a signal shown and a distant voice in the darkness;
So on the ocean of life we pass and speak one another,
Only a look and a voice; then darkness again and a silence.”
—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (18071882)
“It is not he who gains the exact point in dispute who scores most in controversybut he who has shown the better temper.”
—Samuel Butler (18351902)
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