twilit

Example Sentences

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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

Down below, the hotel’s daytime pool party is coming to a bass-heavy, twilit close.

From New York Times • Sep. 23, 2021

Later, under a twilit sky, we swam in the pool and roasted marshmallows — multiple fire pits are scattered over the property — and ducked into the industrial kitchen to make our own meal.

From Washington Post • Nov. 27, 2019

A group of red-cheeked girls playing soccer, ponytails flying, their shouts and laughter carrying faintly over the velvety, twilit field.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt