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
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 has returned to better understand his son, who left his home state of Kentucky as a young man for a life his family could never fathom and conveniently kept in a half-light.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2019
The inside door opened and Sai Fong came into the shop, squinting through the half-light.
From "The Cricket in Times Square" by George Selden
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
