moonlight

moonlight
noun
ADJECTIVE
bright
dim, faint, pale, soft
silver
… OF MOONLIGHT
shaft

a single shaft of moonlight

MOONLIGHT + VERB
filter, glint, shine, stream

the faint moonlight filtering through the stained glass windows

hit sth

The moonlight hit her face perfectly.

illuminate sth
reflect off sth
dance, fall

The pale moonlight danced across his skin.

PREPOSITION
by moonlight

The castle looks fantastic by moonlight.

in the moonlight, under the moonlight

The leaves were silver in the moonlight.

PHRASES
be bathed in moonlight, gleam, glint, shine, etc. in the moonlight

The fields were bathed in bright moonlight that night.

His helmet glinted in the moonlight.


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