Example Sentences
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Ask yourself why so many predatory animals can see perfectly on a moonless night.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 20, 2026
On a moonless night in the Kenyan lakeside town of Naivasha, Anne sits inside a makeshift, two-room house, exhausted after a gruelling shift picking and sorting roses.
From BBC • Sep. 25, 2024
Osman Taha, a badly wounded officer in the Sudanese military, as he crossed the Nile on a moonless night last November.
From New York Times • Jun. 5, 2024
“We stand beneath a moonless night in the heart of this natural wonderland to feel into the infinite and feel awe that binds us together.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 30, 2023
He had her do it repeatedly on moonless nights, so that she could not see, and she began to feel the distance so accurately that her feet found the same landing place every time.
From "Son" by Lois Lowry
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