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
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
Dear Esther, released in 2012, saw players exploring a moonlit Hebridean island, tromping through purple heather.
From New York Times ● Jun. 17, 2024
Still—oddly—some weeks after the birth of Fern and Edward, and all the dramatic events of that strange, moonlit night, a letter arrived from Europe.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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