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twilit

[twahy-lit] / ˈtwaɪˌlɪt /


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Moving through it feels uncannily like entering one of his moody, twilit paintings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026

The second, audible less frequently until 1990’s “Vineland,” sounds looser, freer, warmer, more improvisational, more curious about love and family, increasingly wistful, all but twilit with rue.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2025

Gaze upon a twilit sky, the endless shore, the receding vista, the inside of palm to forehead.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 28, 2023

It was a twilit space in which my thoughts moved like half-remembered dreams.

From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2021

"Hear my words, and bear witness to my vow," they recited, their voices filling the twilit grove.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin




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