half-light
Example Sentences
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In “Resurrection,” Rebecca Hall speaks for seven minutes, in the hushed half-light of an office after hours, to an intern she has been mentoring.
From New York Times ● Jan. 4, 2023
Statues of Charlie Brown, Lucy and the ever-gleeful Snoopy stood amid redwoods in the half-light beyond the old Kress building.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 21, 2022
The room where the picture was taken is the "Eighteenth Century Room" and the photo has a rather painterly quality, with its rich red and gold colours, the King portrayed in half-light and half-shadow.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2022
Somaliland’s half-light existence as an unrecognized state has complicated its pandemic response.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 28, 2022
He was looking past the rim of half-light that came from the cabin window and pushed back the darkness in a circle that lost itself around the ends of the cabin.
From "Sounder" by William H. Armstrong
