Thesaurus / gibbous
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The gibbous moon was directly overhead, and shone down upon her with unobstructed fullness.
Through Forest and FireEdward Ellis
"It was gibbous, you know," Mary explained, very technical and scientific.
Crome YellowAldous Huxley
A distinct, although very slight, gibbous appearance is visible when the planet is near quadrature.
Astronomical CuriositiesJ. Ellard Gore
The moon overhead was gibbous, and there were no clouds in the sky.
In the Pecos CountryEdward Sylvester Ellis (AKA Lieutenant R.H. Jayne)
The night was clear, and a gibbous moon was high in the sky.
Camp-fire and WigwamEdward Sylvester Ellis
Under the stars, under the gibbous moon, assuredly they would sleep.
Crome YellowAldous Huxley
The moon was gibbous in its approach to the full when the boat left Vicksburg.
The Last of the FlatboatsGeorge Cary Eggleston
Steep and gibbous behind, becoming at length smooth and equal.
The Mushroom, Edible and OtherwiseM. E. Hard
Standard roundish, silky outside, wings coherent; keel erect, gibbous or spurred at base.
Over the top of the great ranges a gibbous moon rose slowly.
GoldStewart White
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