Pause in the half-light, turn by the poplar, glide. From Wordnik.com. [American Poetry, 1922 A Miscellany] Reference
In the half-light only a gray monotony met the eye. From Wordnik.com. [The Air Ship Boys : Or, the Quest of the Aztec Treasure] Reference
Into the half-light — thro 'the dim dawn — advanced. From Wordnik.com. [Port Eternity]
In the half-light of morning he saw the glint of a revolver. From Wordnik.com. [Tom of the Raiders] Reference
He opened his eyes and saw the gray half-light of early dawn. From Wordnik.com. [Zehru of Xollar] Reference
In the half-light of the sky, he saw that the plant was gone. From Wordnik.com. [The Sky Is Falling] Reference
In the half-light it seemed a world struggling in the birth-throes. From Wordnik.com. [Judith of the Plains] Reference
Then he looked around the room, eyes focusing in the dim half-light. From Wordnik.com. [Best Before...1985 - Part 1/2] Reference
In the half-light of morning she put on her best dress. From Wordnik.com. [Beautiful Are the Feet: Part Two] Reference
David could see a rocky coast below, dark and cold in the half-light. From Wordnik.com. [David and the Phoenix] Reference
Abruptly he paused, his eyes glowing with curiosity in the half-light. From Wordnik.com. [Curse of the Shadowmage]
"This half-light is so deceptive," she said, in a rather nervous voice. From Wordnik.com. [Adrien Leroy] Reference
A city's supercilious moon alone gave its half-light to the junkyard of. From Wordnik.com. [O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921] Reference
He tilted back his mask-helmet and stared hard at her in the half-light. From Wordnik.com. [Salvage for the Saint]
In the eerie half-light, the President took his place near the grave-site. From Wordnik.com. [Bobby's Last, Longest Day] Reference
He leant there, bulky and shapeless in the half-light, an unexplored continent. From Wordnik.com. [The Quiet American]
I have a bit of business I always use when the play starts early in half-light. From Wordnik.com. [The Mask of Apollo]
The half-light from the reflected sunlight dimmed, and the ground shook violently. From Wordnik.com. [The Sky Is Falling] Reference
From the height they looked down through the weird half-light reflected from the snow. From Wordnik.com. [Where the Sun Swings North] Reference
"I know who you are," she mumbled, leaning forward and peering through the half-light. From Wordnik.com. [O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921] Reference
The little girl stood frozen for a moment, her eyes like silver coins in the half-light. From Wordnik.com. [Fire Dancer]
Torrents of rain streaked the windows in the half-light, but now it was cool and pleasant. From Wordnik.com. [Noble House]
Instead of answering, Mat paced back and forth, his face in half-light and shadow by turns. From Wordnik.com. [The Shadow Rising]
Although the clothes were large the fit was good enough to pass in the half-light of evening. From Wordnik.com. [Star Flight]
In the mysterious half-light, amid the endless sounds from the band, Lily seemed to shed rays. From Wordnik.com. [The Bill-Toppers] Reference
She was asleep and he started undressing in the half-light, only leaving the corridor lamp on. From Wordnik.com. [Maigret has Scruples]
It struck me as rather funny when I noticed cards in the half-light affixed to the latter, texts. From Wordnik.com. [Fanny Goes to War] Reference
Ginny considers letting the woman sit in the half-light until Ed comes home and sends her away. From Wordnik.com. [All that Remains] Reference
In the half-light of the garage, he had the instantly identifiable silhouette of a street person. From Wordnik.com. [Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town] Reference
As far as Shann could make out in the half-light the color was a reddish-brown, the surface rough. From Wordnik.com. [Storm Over Warlock] Reference
It appeared, in the soft half-light of the room, to be waiting for somebody to walk into its lair. From Wordnik.com. [Supermind] Reference
One fine brown hand pushed back a misty veil before the face, which shone wanly in the half-light. From Wordnik.com. [The Hawk of Egypt] Reference
In the half-light of the cellar his face was grey and there was the sheen of sweat on his forehead. From Wordnik.com. [The Satan Bug]
The dry weeds and debris on the side of the track rush by, blurs in the half-light, but in the distance, the Colorado hills barely move. From Wordnik.com. [One-Way Ticket] Reference
In the half-light of that sad morning, I opened the calendar and realized that this crazy quilt would be a map for our lives from now on. From Wordnik.com. [Not Your Dad's Divorce] Reference
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