half-illuminated
- a word derived from illuminated.
Example Sentences
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If Venus was closer to the Earth than the sun, its phases would range from crescent to half and never pass the half-illuminated point.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Or who might live on—such things have been—to find it grey to a half-illuminated sight in the dusk of life.
From When Ghost Meets Ghost by De Morgan, William Frend
As we were passing along one side, we saw picturesquely moving through the shadows of the opposite walls, with the immense arena between, the red-flaring torches and half-illuminated figures of another party of visitors.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 10, August, 1858 by Various
The porter deposited the bag on the steps of the station front, fired off more questions and gesticulated into the half-illuminated space of darkness outside the station.
From Aaron's Rod by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)
