half-light
Example Sentences
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Statues of Charlie Brown, Lucy and the ever-gleeful Snoopy stood amid redwoods in the half-light beyond the old Kress building.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 21, 2022
The room where the picture was taken is the "Eighteenth Century Room" and the photo has a rather painterly quality, with its rich red and gold colours, the King portrayed in half-light and half-shadow.
From BBC • Sep. 23, 2022
Cody stayed behind, but she and Michael kicked out in the frigid water, and in the half-light, Renee could see the shore around her wreathed in smoke, and orange flashes of flame.
From The Guardian • May 5, 2020
Was I jealous of the garnish on Moira’s cocktail, semi-visible in the half-light, possibly several actual blackberries impaled on a little stick?
From Seattle Times • Jan. 18, 2018
I creep out onto the landing and tiptoe down the stairs in the half-light.
From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins
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