half-light
Example Sentences
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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
He has returned to better understand his son, who left his home state of Kentucky as a young man for a life his family could never fathom and conveniently kept in a half-light.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2019
A heavy boxing bag swung with barely perceptible creaks, keeping time in the half-light of the dusty old garage.
From The Guardian • Jun. 8, 2018
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
They stood looking at each other in the half-light, Faber and Montag, as if each did not believe in the other's existence.
From "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury
