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twilit

[twahy-lit] / ˈtwaɪˌlɪt /


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Moving through it feels uncannily like entering one of his moody, twilit paintings.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 30, 2026

The second, audible less frequently until 1990’s “Vineland,” sounds looser, freer, warmer, more improvisational, more curious about love and family, increasingly wistful, all but twilit with rue.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 30, 2025

It was a twilit space in which my thoughts moved like half-remembered dreams.

From New York Times Mar. 31, 2021

No one in Camp Stroke, of course, foresaw the atypical, twilit times into which this album would arrive.

From The Guardian Apr. 11, 2020

Bod was walking fast through the twilit graveyard, but he was not running, not yet.

From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman




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