moonlight

Example Sentences

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The audience rehashed its hunches, they circled potential suspects, they stared at a static image of a horrific crime scene, awash in twinkling moonlight.

From Slate • Feb. 23, 2026

As many as four nights a week, Parsons uses the family’s Toyota hybrid to moonlight as a DoorDash driver, making between $15 and $20 an hour.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 2026

I’m not a hate-watcher of the show or its star — I, too, wish to moonlight as a domestic doyenne.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025

But as the peak is just after the new Moon on 21 October, a viewing window may be possible for some when the cloud breaks with no moonlight pollution.

From BBC • Oct. 17, 2025

I can hardly get a moment to myself these days, so I’m tucked under a blanket trying to write to you by moonlight.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan