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

Doctors can now moonlight as data-labelers, earning $170 an hour and working a minimum of 20 hours a week in a six-week contract.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025

Then she took out lanterns for us to pose with in the moonlight.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2025

White light with that cool, bright white appearance, like intense moonlight, actually contains a higher proportion of short-wavelengths, the blue and green part of the visible spectrum.

From Salon • Apr. 15, 2025

I started to sink in silent horror, and then, through the moonlight I saw someone moving toward me, effortlessly, as though riding through the water.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo