shadowland

American  

[shad-oh-land] / ˈʃæd oʊˌlænd /

noun

1. a land or region of shadows, phantoms, unrealities, or uncertainties.

   the shadowland of imagination.

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Etymology

Origin of shadowland

First recorded in 1815–25; shadow + -land

Example Sentences

Part of the draw of Ms. Hamilton’s social media is trying to sort out where the stress falls in the shadowland between fact and fiction.

From New York Times • Jan. 8, 2022

The investigation has thrown into full relief this weird shadowland economy and inverted morality.

From Washington Post • Oct. 3, 2017

This is more interesting cooking than you may expect from a restaurant with illuminated cocktails and a menu of plates sized for sharing, in the shadowland between appetizer and entree.

From New York Times • Nov. 10, 2016

Some, such as Steven Gerrard, the new captain, who scored both England goals against Hungary, survive, but at 35 Beckham has been consigned to a shadowland of thwarted promise.

From The Guardian • Aug. 11, 2010

Carefully the little refugees followed him out into the calm moonlight, the tots whose minds had gone back to shadowland acting as automatons under the silent direction of their sister.

From Where the Souls of Men are Calling by Neill, John R. (John Rea)