half-light
Example Sentences
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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
Somaliland’s half-light existence as an unrecognized state has complicated its pandemic response.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 28, 2022
Cody stayed behind, but she and Michael kicked out in the frigid water, and in the half-light, Renee could see the shore around her wreathed in smoke, and orange flashes of flame.
From The Guardian • May 5, 2020
By dawn, the advancing soldiers could see figures all around them in the half-light, armed men running through the surrounding fields, outpacing the British in their rush to get to Lexington.
From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell
