penumbra
penumbras
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pluralof penumbra.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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On a December day in the foothills near Seattle, walking into the sun southward and nearly blinded, all you can see are penumbras of emerald-green moss along the vertical edges of the trunks.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 18, 2022
Rigging raises a sheet, in front of and behind which the dancers play with shadows, misshapen ones with extra auras and penumbras.
From New York Times ● Sep. 11, 2022
Or are all enforceable rights either enumerated or penumbras formed by emanations of enumerated ones?
From Washington Post ● Mar. 20, 2022
That opening space sequence functions as supernal ballet, with various vessels spinning, rotating along unfamiliar axes, pirouetting in a post-atmospheric dance of grace against a backdrop of penumbras.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2018
The deputy pivoted in the direction of the doorway and shouted at a featureless face broken up in equidistant penumbras by four bars, “Who’s there?”
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
