clare-obscure

[klair-uhb-skyoor]

noun

1. chiaroscuro.

Example Sentences

The eyes, growing accustomed to the clare-obscure, still distinguish pretty well what is taking place.

From Project Gutenberg

It spared the scalded eyes of the Princess quite as much pain as it gave well eyes pleasure, that the green light-screen, and the green satin tapestry, and the green satin curtains in the sick-cabinet conspired to shed an undulating blue clare-obscure.

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I also saw a piano in the clare-obscure, and another door, half open, leading into the inner room.

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Colannah nodded acquiescence, the stately feathers on his head gleaming fitfully in the clare-obscure of the cavern.

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