semidarkness
Example Sentences
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From its first painterly images, of the face of Meryl Streep, sad and tender and lovely in the semidarkness, the film declares its artistry, its sensitivity and its theme.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2023
Feeling as though I were walking through a Victorian cabinet of curiosities, I groped in semidarkness past enigmatic exhibits to the sound of chirping crickets and waterfalls.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2018
“I carefully patrolled the fence in the semidarkness until I came upon a beautiful sight: six feet of stout rope dangling onto the ground from the fence,” Bagdikian wrote.
From Washington Post • Dec. 23, 2017
Instead of an authoritative voice-over, characters who can hardly be distinguished from one another because of their goggles and scuba suits yell in semidarkness, their voices obscured by a pounding musical soundtrack.
From New York Times • Mar. 29, 2012
Brushing snow out of her eyes, she rolled over to try and see what was happening, for the semidarkness seemed to be overflowing with confusion and noise.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
