Example Sentences

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Peterson’s production — duskily lighted by Peter Maradudin on a quickly metamorphosing set by Myung Hee Cho and featuring a coordinated ensemble that grasps the feeling underlying the drama — has a discreet efficiency.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2019

The Cajun men in undershirts cluster around Duke as he moves across a duskily lit softball field, praising his courage.

From Time Magazine Archive

Bayonets brightly and cannon duskily flashed in the sun everywhere.

From Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Drake, Samuel Adams

The starlight glimmered faintly on his polished helmet and duskily made visible his marble features and his beard.

From Marzio's Crucifix and Zoroaster by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)

It became once more elusive, duskily mysterious in its lines.

From The Light of the Star A Novel by Garland, Hamlin