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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

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

From The Guardian • Apr. 11, 2020

Later, under a twilit sky, we swam in the pool and roasted marshmallows — multiple fire pits are scattered over the property — and ducked into the industrial kitchen to make our own meal.

From Washington Post • Nov. 27, 2019

At once the Mirror cleared and he saw a twilit land.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien