twilit
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of twilit
First recorded in 1865–70; twi(light) + lit 1
Example Sentences
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Moving through it feels uncannily like entering one of his moody, twilit paintings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
The second, audible less frequently until 1990’s “Vineland,” sounds looser, freer, warmer, more improvisational, more curious about love and family, increasingly wistful, all but twilit with rue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2025
Gaze upon a twilit sky, the endless shore, the receding vista, the inside of palm to forehead.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 28, 2023
Druks, for her part, “paints women with their animal familiars and pagan accouterments, still lifes of twilit tables set with magic objects, all in deep, jeweled colors, full of hidden dream meanings,” Janssen said.
From New York Times ● Jul. 29, 2021
They turned out of the gates into the twilit, deserted lane to Hogsmeade.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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