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

Both sunlight and moonlight play roles in regulating the spawning and migration of Japanese eels.

From Salon • Apr. 15, 2025

My mind goes to the old woman at the dock, holding the cane with those eyes made of moonlight.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer