half-moon

Example Sentences

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The Moon will be in a waxing gibbous phase – going from half moon to full moon.

From BBC • Nov. 9, 2024

The trick is the half moon, named for the arc the board makes in the sky, and it’s one that Dooling, 30, has shown other women how to master.

From Washington Times • Apr. 13, 2023

But as the sun was setting on Sunday, a bright half moon was still ascending in the east.

From Washington Post • Sep. 4, 2022

Plath begins "Thalidomide" with the image of "O half moon."

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2022

But within minutes, he was out in the open, stumbling across upland fields and pastures that were sporadically lit by a half moon showing through clouds.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden