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half-light

[haf-lahyt, hahf-] / ˈhæfˌlaɪt, ˈhɑf- /




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It was impossible to tell what was happening just offshore in the half-light.

From BBC Apr. 24, 2024

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

A heavy boxing bag swung with barely perceptible creaks, keeping time in the half-light of the dusty old garage.

From The Guardian Jun. 8, 2018

You saw them as your eyes adjusted themselves to the half-light.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway




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