starlit
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of starlit
Example Sentences
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However, a bright light that illuminates Felix Gold’s site now sometimes pierces the otherwise starlit night sky.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 8, 2025
After attending a 10-day silent retreat on the suggestion of his mother, Gurung wanted to recreate the starlit nights he experienced there for his runway show.
From Reuters • Feb. 11, 2023
The pontiff noted that while “many writers have evoked the beautify of starlit nights, the nights of war, however, are riven by streams of light that portend death.”
From Seattle Times • Apr. 16, 2022
Black as a starlit sky because you’re only going to see the stars of the sky is black.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 13, 2019
Celaena stared only at Chaol with those starlit eyes, and her long, white fingers floated through the air to meet his.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
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