twilit

Example Sentences

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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

The majestic white steed in the title piece, “Death of a Rider,” rears up on a twilit beach, letting its rider tumble off like Icarus behind it.

From New York Times • Jun. 1, 2023

No one in Camp Stroke, of course, foresaw the atypical, twilit times into which this album would arrive.

From The Guardian • Apr. 11, 2020

In unison they tilted their heads as if looking at the same point in the twilit sky.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss