semidarkness
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of semidarkness
Example Sentences
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From its first painterly images, of the face of Meryl Streep, sad and tender and lovely in the semidarkness, the film declares its artistry, its sensitivity and its theme.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2023
“I carefully patrolled the fence in the semidarkness until I came upon a beautiful sight: six feet of stout rope dangling onto the ground from the fence,” Bagdikian wrote.
From Washington Post • Dec. 23, 2017
Standing on the concrete floor in semidarkness, he played one long, unbroken improvisation that defied the conventional limitations of the instrument, if not the laws of physics.
From New York Times • Dec. 16, 2016
In the semidarkness of the cell, Pope Francis sat alone for five minutes to pray before an image of the saint.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 29, 2016
She had been lying in the semidarkness nursing this palatable sadness for half an hour when she heard the sound of the police car parked below her window starting up.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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