Examples of semidarkness in a Sentence
fumbling around in the semidarkness
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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.
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Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2023
She [Daria] looks at me and smiles in the semidarkness, a calm, shy smile, full of love.
—Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 3 Dec. 2021
Both try to exercise in semidarkness.
—Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2020
Hong establishes feelings of isolation from the very first shot, an image of an empty room in semidarkness that becomes a visual motif in the film.
—Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader, 12 July 2018
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Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2023
She [Daria] looks at me and smiles in the semidarkness, a calm, shy smile, full of love.
—Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 3 Dec. 2021
Both try to exercise in semidarkness.
—Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2020
Hong establishes feelings of isolation from the very first shot, an image of an empty room in semidarkness that becomes a visual motif in the film.
—Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader, 12 July 2018
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“Semidarkness.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/semidarkness. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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semidarkness
noun
semi·dark·ness
ˌsem-i-ˈdärk-nəs 
ˌsem-ˌī-
: partial darkness
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