semidarkness

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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

As a haunting a cappella score builds momentum, they descend, twisting slowly through the semidarkness, until their chairs come to rest on the floor.

From New York Times • Aug. 17, 2022

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

Harry could see him now, see the red eyes, the flattened, serpentine face, the pallor of him gleaming slightly in the semidarkness.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling