semidarkness

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From its first painterly images, of the face of Meryl Streep, sad and tender and lovely in the semidarkness, the film declares its artistry, its sensitivity and its theme.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2023

Feeling as though I were walking through a Victorian cabinet of curiosities, I groped in semidarkness past enigmatic exhibits to the sound of chirping crickets and waterfalls.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2018

“I carefully patrolled the fence in the semidarkness until I came upon a beautiful sight: six feet of stout rope dangling onto the ground from the fence,” Bagdikian wrote.

From Washington Post • Dec. 23, 2017

I looked into semidarkness at the man I love, the man I once left, and said, “I’m glad I didn’t lose you, too.”

From New York Times • Mar. 13, 2014

He took out his wand and gave a great sweeping wave with it; at once, all the candles except those inside the carved pumpkins were extinguished, plunging them into a state of semidarkness.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling