twilit

Example Sentences

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Moving through it feels uncannily like entering one of his moody, twilit paintings.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

Gaze upon a twilit sky, the endless shore, the receding vista, the inside of palm to forehead.

From Washington Post • Jan. 28, 2023

The things that Westbrook isn’t – notably, even a passable three-point shooter – have to be considered problematic for the Lakers as they attempt to extract the most out of LeBron James’ twilit prime.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 29, 2021

Druks, for her part, “paints women with their animal familiars and pagan accouterments, still lifes of twilit tables set with magic objects, all in deep, jeweled colors, full of hidden dream meanings,” Janssen said.

From New York Times • Jul. 29, 2021

Next moment, they were both soaring weightlessly through darkness, until they landed squarely on their feet, back in Dumbledore’s now twilit office.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling