Example Sentences

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Monday, June 26.—With a clear sky it was quite twilighty at noon to-day.

From Scott's Last Expedition Volume I by Scott, Robert Falcon

Miriam's beautiful twilighty parlour looked stiff and stupid.

From Sons and Lovers by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)

"Why," crowed Roger jubilantly, "I can, 'cause the more twilighty it gets, the more it's Christmas eve!"

From When the Yule Log Burns A Christmas Story by Dalrymple, Leona