nightscape
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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On his major-label debut, the rapper/singer’s gauzy, melodic flow plays peek-a-boo over nightscape beats, as if shrouded by a thin balcony curtain overlooking a sleeping city.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 15, 2022
He’d probably say something like, “Make my day,” except that Gotham seems stuck in a perpetual, rain-streaked nightscape.
From Washington Post • Feb. 28, 2022
At every moment, her pale skin glows and her dilated pupils flit over the nightscape in serene rapture.
From Slate • Apr. 23, 2014
The original Le Baron, which opened in the Eighth Arrondissement in 2004, shook up that city’s nightscape by bringing together musicians, artists and fashion elites.
From New York Times • Feb. 24, 2012
There is a short street in Walworth Road—East Street—which is as perfect as any nightscape ever conceived by any artist.
From Nights in London by Burke, Thomas
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