How to Use moonlit in a Sentence

moonlit

adjective

• Join a moonlit trek along the Ice Age Trail at 7 p.m. March 31.
  — Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 25 Mar. 2018
• And the people of the world will party under the moonlit blooms again.
  — Ephrat Livni, Quartz, 19 Mar. 2020
• For two nights only, the moonlit paths of the park will be riddled with ghosts and goblins.
  — Geoff Bruce, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 Oct. 2017
• The memory of that moonlit moment is worth far more than a wolf hide to me.
  — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 11 July 2021
• The agents cut their engines and killed the lights, bobbing in silence in the moonlit waves of the vast Pacific.
  — David Culver, CNN, 5 Feb. 2024
• On a crisp, moonlit night, the snipes sliced through the mountain air with their winnowing call.
  — Ned Rozell, Alaska Dispatch News, 22 July 2017
• The date goes smoothly enough: a moonlit chat on a dark rooftop gives way to a tentative kiss.
  — Anne Cohen, refinery29.com, 24 Oct. 2022
• Late into the night, Bailey steers the boat through hanging sheets of moonlit mist.
  — Julia Rosen, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Mar. 2022
• His breath, hissing out into the moonlit air, would have fogged the lenses.
  — David Canfield, EW.com, 26 June 2019
• On a clear moonlit night, on a cruise ship bound for New York, a man topples over the upper-deck railing and plunges into the sea.
  — Simon Parkin, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2021
• The monks allowed the Fairbanks to sleep in the moonlit courtyard, while the Liangs set up their cots beneath ancient statues.
  — Stefen Chow, Smithsonian, 30 Sep. 2017
• In the moonlit garden, Ivan and his beloved join lips, while her companions all gaze in wonder.
  — Alastair MacAulay, New York Times, 15 May 2018
• Forecast Details: Tonight: Clear, moonlit sky, cooler with lows in the 50’s.
  — Fox61 Weather Team, courant.com, 6 Aug. 2017
• The twinkling grid of lights stirs the same primordial awe that comes from watching a starry sky or a moonlit sea.
  — Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 13 June 2022
• Turns out, a now-startled young couple had found the moonlit seascape very inspiring.
  — Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2021
• Lush landscaped gardens, moonlit kayak tours, and live music spilling out into the streets?
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 2 July 2023
• Sign up for an excursion, such as the moonlit shipwreck hike (Nov. 13) or the winter solstice hike (Dec. 21).
  — Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2020
• On a moonlit July night in 2013, the Long Island fisherman was on the boat’s deck, trying to move a heavy ice cooler, when the handle snapped.
  — Washington Post, 27 May 2017
• This includes The Living Room restaurant, a Champagne floating breakfast in the pool, or moonlit midnight snacks on the beach.
  — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 23 Aug. 2021
• Also, check out the moonlit pumpkin patch for your seasonal gourd needs.
  — oregonlive, 24 Sep. 2021
• In May, a wealthy socialite and a senior police official were on a moonlit pier in paradise.
  — CBS News, 2 Oct. 2021
• One evening, as the pinpricks of stars began to perforate the summer’s sky, the three of us walked along the moonlit beach, the rhythmic waves of the Atlantic crashing against the shadowy shoreline.
  — S. Kirk Walsh, Longreads, 22 Jan. 2018
• There had been raucous court dances and moonlit communions.
  — Alice Robb, Vogue, 28 Feb. 2023
• Our friends own this cool restaurant, with dishes influenced by their travels around the world, live jazz and a moonlit patio.
  — Kathryn O’Shea-Evans, WSJ, 19 Dec. 2017
• Despite the brevity of Björk’s moonlit moment, The Northman wouldn’t be complete without her.
  — Ashley Shannon Wu, Vulture, 22 Apr. 2022
• So book your flight and let thoughts of moonlit rooms, canopied beds, sandy adventures, outdoor showers, and plunge pools lead you to your next adventure.
  — Stephanie Granada, Travel + Leisure, 27 Mar. 2023
• Questing through a moonlit night, a young boy marches an endless road searching for his mother.
  — Brad Leithauser, WSJ, 7 Jan. 2022
• In a moonlit solarium, Aunt Hermina tells Robert the story of her torture by the Nazis.
  — Julie Orringer, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2017
• The poetic, doll-like makeup look complemented the show’s silhouettes, textures, and techniques, presented on the moody, moonlit Seine in Paris.
  — Essence, 2 Feb. 2024
• But the younger girl, Fiona (Delilah Wagner), has a tendency to wander off — onto the moonlit porch to peer into the outspread desert, or, later, into the welcoming sphere of exceptionally amenable wild horses.
  — Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019

Last Updated: 20 Dec 2024