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Recent Examples of twilit
Gaze upon a twilit sky, the endless shore, the receding vista, the inside of palm to forehead.
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Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 28 Jan. 2023
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
Down below, the hotel’s daytime pool party is coming to a bass-heavy, twilit close.
—New York Times, 23 Sep. 2021
Robert Macfarlane’s writings exist in a liminal, twilit place where language and landscape dissolve into one another.
—Tobias Carroll, Longreads, 20 June 2019
Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 28 Jan. 2023
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
Down below, the hotel’s daytime pool party is coming to a bass-heavy, twilit close.
—New York Times, 23 Sep. 2021
Robert Macfarlane’s writings exist in a liminal, twilit place where language and landscape dissolve into one another.
—Tobias Carroll, Longreads, 20 June 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for twilit
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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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Another recurring visual – a newsstand ablaze, orange flames shooting into a dusky sky – provides a stirring corollary to the journalists who describe what their calling has cost them.Matthew Carey, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2024
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Cats have good night vision, to help with their hunting at dusk, and their crepuscular sleeping habits also explain why many cat owners are woken at the crack of dawn by their pet demanding breakfast.Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
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Recessed domes nod to the moon, light fixtures to celestial bodies, and a palette of purples, silvers, and blues to crepuscular horizons.Hannah Martin, Architectural Digest, 15 Oct. 2024
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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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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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As bats fly by the building steeple, an unlit Christmas tree covered in cobwebs adorns the stage.Dave Quinn, People.com, 29 Oct. 2024
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This year, while sunny skies prevailed for the Xfinity Series race on Saturday, the Cup Series race was once again shortened when rain delays forced officials to call the race after 58 laps as darkness fell on the unlit street course.Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 6 Oct. 2024
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Walking into that pitch-black space, not seeing anything while having my eyes wide open exhilarated and frightened me.Jeryl Brunner, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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On Sunday night, billionaire Elon Musk, in a pitch-black Make America Great Again hat, took the stage at Madison Square Garden to introduce former President Donald Trump to a packed audience of MAGA supporters.Will Steakin, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2024
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Despite the gloomy 2022 pre-election polling outlook, polls ended up performing exceptionally well that year.Mary Radcliffe, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2024
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Of course, in 2008 his gloomy outlook came true with the Global Financial Crisis, and markets have minded his insights ever since.Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2024
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As results from the presidential election trickled in showing Vice President Kamala Harris’s growing deficit to former President Donald Trump, Simon took a somber tone.Chase Hunter, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
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From Bill Plaschke: The silent, somber Bronx suddenly was bathed in joyous dancing blue, a screaming scrum leaping and bouncing and hugging into history.Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Twilit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/twilit. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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