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Recent Examples of crepuscular
The Land at Night Richard Tuohy, Dianna Barrie, 2024, Australia, 16mm, 14m
Against a dense, sinister soundtrack of drones, bells, night creatures, and electric hum, flashes of illumination reveal a trembling crepuscular landscape in Richard Tuohy and Dianna Barrie’s The Land at Night.
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 15 Aug. 2024
The star attractions are Goya’s etchings, displayed in a large, crepuscular room that protects these delicate artworks from light damage.
—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
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Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 15 Aug. 2024
The star attractions are Goya’s etchings, displayed in a large, crepuscular room that protects these delicate artworks from light damage.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crepuscular
Adjective
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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
Adjective
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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
Adjective
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The color palette is rich but slightly off—dusky, earthy, almost clashing in places.—
Michael Boodro,
Architectural Digest,
17 Jan. 2025
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Arbore’s study looked at the dusky lory (Pseudeos fuscata), a parrot native to New Guinea with bands of feathers that may be colored yellow, orange, or red.—
Simon Griffith,
JSTOR Daily,
5 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Fall asleep and dream about being slowly forced, as if by some mechanized peristalsis, through the digestive tract of a huge synthetic worm that then deposits me into a lightless industrial kitchen.—
Jay Katsir,
The New Yorker,
9 Jan. 2025
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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
Adjective
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Kennie Bukky, co-founder of The Pivot Place Courtesy of Kennie Bukky One millennial managed to save enough money to buy her own property by the age of 25, despite the gloomy economic landscape facing young people.—
Sawdah Bhaimiya,
CNBC,
3 Jan. 2025
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With consumers and businesses gloomy about the prospects of the world’s second-largest economy, loan growth has stalled.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
10 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The somber music should have been my first clue, but I was too wrapped up in the euphoria of Jane soon realizing that someone valued her life enough to save her from certain death.—
Lincee Ray,
EW.com,
18 Jan. 2025
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When a photographer suggests that the family pose with a somber demeanor for a shot that will be featured in an article about Rubens’ disappearance, Eunice refuses, instructing her children to smile broadly.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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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
Adjective
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Using echolocation, bats can detect tiny insects flying in pitch-black darkness.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 Jan. 2025
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Plus, Irving is now haunted by the pitch-black paintings compulsively smeared by his Outie.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
7 Jan. 2025
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“Crepuscular.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crepuscular. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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