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Recent Examples of crepuscular
The star attractions are Goya’s etchings, displayed in a large, crepuscular room that protects these delicate artworks from light damage.
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Simon Willis, Travel + Leisure, 25 Apr. 2024
The encounter happened around dusk, when crepuscular creatures like brown bears tend to be more active.
—Tristan Kennedy, WIRED, 21 Mar. 2024
Hunt Deer at Midday During the Rut or Severe Cold
Of course there are exceptions to every rule, and there are times when deer fall off the crepuscular wagon and move during midday.
—Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 6 Sep. 2023
In the wild, red pandas are solitary, tree-dwelling and crepuscular − active at dusk and dawn − the release said.
—Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 16 May 2023
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Simon Willis, Travel + Leisure, 25 Apr. 2024
The encounter happened around dusk, when crepuscular creatures like brown bears tend to be more active.
—Tristan Kennedy, WIRED, 21 Mar. 2024
Hunt Deer at Midday During the Rut or Severe Cold
Of course there are exceptions to every rule, and there are times when deer fall off the crepuscular wagon and move during midday.
—Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 6 Sep. 2023
In the wild, red pandas are solitary, tree-dwelling and crepuscular − active at dusk and dawn − the release said.
—Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 16 May 2023
See all Example Sentences for crepuscular
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crepuscular
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Gaze upon a twilit sky, the endless shore, the receding vista, the inside of palm to forehead.Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 28 Jan. 2023
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Zegler is the true find, a marvelous singer and a radiant persona, and Spielberg and Kaminski film her like a bright flare in a twilit ocean; her sheer presence papers over some of the more facile aspects of Maria’s characterization.Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2021
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When the summer heat creeps to unbearable temperatures, pre-dawn and post-dusk become the most appealing times to run.Outside Online, Outside Online, 1 Aug. 2022
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Mylar space blankets draped across their shoulders glistened a surreal golden hue as the vessel’s blinding strobe lights illuminated the post-dusk spectacle.Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2021
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Blacktip sharks are smaller and often confused with dusky and spinner sharks that live in the same areas.Erik Vance, New York Times, 26 July 2024
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By studying yellow and red forms of a parrot known as a dusky lory the research team also identified a gene central to coloring in that bird and its parrot relatives.Elizabeth Pennisi, science.org, 31 Oct. 2024
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While rappelling into some supposedly haunted mines in Chile in 2010, Gates and a cameraman got trapped in a lightless mine shaft.Vulture, Vulture, 5 Jan. 2024
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Animals that live exclusively in lightless caves often share a suite of traits, called troglomorphisms, which include loss of pigmentation and loss not only of vision but of the eyes entirely.Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 11 Oct. 2018
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Their expectations were also significantly gloomier.Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 17 Dec. 2024
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Cinecittà’s 2024 balance sheet, which is already looking gloomy, could take a major hit.Alan Friedman, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Dec. 2024
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Less than two weeks after President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, an Army-Navy football game played in front of a crowd of 102,000 spectators at Philadelphia’s Municipal Stadium on December 7, 1963, might have been a subdued and somber affair.Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Dec. 2024
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Back in the locker room and away from the field where the Patriots lost a not-as-close-as-it-sounds 34-15 game, the mood wasn’t somber.Chad Graff, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024
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What tenebrous horror is this, emerging from the ineffable darkness?Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Dec. 2022
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By the same token, Spanish cinema at large has been reluctant to engage with that tenebrous period.Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2021
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Such reminders that monstrosity is in the eye of the beholder could easily feel trite or forced, but Gunn capably balances them with a pitch-black sense of humor.Alison Herman, Variety, 5 Dec. 2024
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The rooms are pitch-black save for a small hole in the ceiling, two stories above, that allows in a sliver of light.David Culver, CNN, 6 Nov. 2024
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“Crepuscular.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crepuscular. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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