moonlit
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of moonlit
Example Sentences
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Every familiar object — the chair, the laundry basket, the glass of water beside the bed — seemed to acquire a slightly accusatory moonlit outline.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026
Fashionable portraits and moonlit landscapes back home, then success with candlelit interiors and portraits of Wright’s friends in the Lunar Society of Enlightenment scientists.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 14, 2026
Workers will give you a headlamp and glow sticks as you zip above a moonlit ranch.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 13, 2026
A car crashes at a dangerous bend on a clifftop road in Anglesey, North Wales, on a moonlit night in January 1909.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2024
Then we stepped out into the moonlit farmyard to fetch Marlene from the barn, the snow crisp and crunching under our feet.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
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