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
The second, audible less frequently until 1990’s “Vineland,” sounds looser, freer, warmer, more improvisational, more curious about love and family, increasingly wistful, all but twilit with rue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2025
The majestic white steed in the title piece, “Death of a Rider,” rears up on a twilit beach, letting its rider tumble off like Icarus behind it.
From New York Times ● Jun. 1, 2023
Gaze upon a twilit sky, the endless shore, the receding vista, the inside of palm to forehead.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 28, 2023
They turned out of the gates into the twilit, deserted lane to Hogsmeade.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
