semidarkness
Example Sentences
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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
As a haunting a cappella score builds momentum, they descend, twisting slowly through the semidarkness, until their chairs come to rest on the floor.
From New York Times • Aug. 17, 2022
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
The room was in semidarkness; the flames were the only source of light.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
