half-moon

Example Sentences

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To this day, when the pool is drained, the hotel retouches the lines, refreshing Hockney’s iconic blue half-moon marks every year or so.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2025

Speaking on a crisp Friday morning at a lodge of an Italian-American fraternal group in the Des Moines suburbs, she addressed a packed room of mostly older voters arranged around her in a half-moon.

From Slate • Jan. 14, 2024

The largest planet in the solar system will dominate the early evening sky on January 18, appearing beside a glowing half-moon.

From National Geographic • Dec. 6, 2023

The barrel is decorated with a sun, a half-moon and a Sinhalese lion, the symbols of the King of Kandy.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 10, 2023

The half-moon shone, not as bright as day, not by any means, but enough to see the graveyard, enough for that.

From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman