How to Use moonlight in a Sentence

moonlight

1 of 2 noun

• A figure appeared in the moonlight.
• The nest of blonde curls atop her head glistened in the moonlight.
  — Ariel Nicholson, Vogue, 9 Nov. 2023
• The kind of night when lovers toss and turn and palm trees rustle in the moonlight.
  — Danielle Amir Jackson Malike Sidibe, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2023
• Then, just put it in the brightest spot in your home where the moonlight can shine on it.
  — Brie Gatchalian, Woman's Day, 6 May 2022
• Bright moonlight could dim the view, and clouds could obscure it.
  — Gwendolyn Wu, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Oct. 2021
• Bike Newport hosts a free 15-mile moonlight bike ride on the full moon of each month.
  — Lauren Daley, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Sep. 2022
• And moonlight isn’t the only threat to the dark skies needed for a clear view of the meteors.
  — Aylin Woodward, WSJ, 12 Dec. 2021
• The man lifted a finger, piercing the moonlight like a knife.
  — Paul Yoon, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023
• An onyx sea, white rippled through inky black, foams away in the moonlight.
  — CNN, 13 Feb. 2023
• If there were a lake, the moonlight would dance across it in conniptions.
  — Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 16 June 2023
• The best time is from the Third Quarter to the New Moon, when there’s no moonlight before midnight.
  — Jamie Carter, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2024
• The camera started with a tight shot of Swift's face basking in moonlight atop the mossy roof.
  — Bryan West, USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2024
• In the distance, the volcano sat quietly in the moonlight.
  — Nicholas Casey, New York Times, 15 Dec. 2023
• In fact, Nagler had just seen one off Cape May, its fin shining in the moonlight.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 19 July 2022
• The moon is new, so there will be no moonlight to obscure the meteors.
  — Katie Hunt, CNN, 30 May 2022
• Sure enough, when Pinocchio goes by moonlight to bury the coins, the Fox and the Cat attack him, hang him from a tree, and leave him for dead.
  — Rivka Galchen, The New York Review of Books, 5 Jan. 2022
• The Romans believed that the stone was a solid ray of moonlight filled with good fortune.
  — Beth Bernstein, Forbes, 1 June 2022
• The full moon will occur on Friday, bringing bright moonlight in the days ahead.
  — Julia Musto, Fox News, 4 Jan. 2023
• Even better, the moon is new, so there will be no moonlight to wash out the faint meteors.
  — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 26 May 2022
• Here's a view of the Bering Sea storm lit by moonlight just prior to sunrise (brightening on the right).
  — Sophie Reardon, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2022
• Falling around the time of the season's first hard frost, and the time of year during which beavers build their winter dams by moonlight.
  — Charley Ross, Glamour, 30 Dec. 2022
• Under moonlight, the staff unfurled floating foam mats off the stern.
  — Heidi Mitchell, Travel + Leisure, 26 June 2023
• This week the night skies begin to clear of moonlight as our satellite rises very late at night.
  — Jamie Carter, Forbes, 27 June 2021
• Second, the top comes off for moonlight drives or the refreshing bite of cold air on a dawn patrol.
  — Mark Ewing, Forbes, 7 July 2021
• Even in the soft moonlight, the palm grove stands in stark contrast to the surrounding barren mudhills.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 June 2021
• The moonlight reflects off the ring and everyone sees its orange gleam.
  — Scott Patsko, cleveland, 11 Sep. 2021
• The crescent moon also sets in the evening this weekend, which should make for dark skies that are not washed out by bright moonlight.
  — Denise Chow, NBC News, 16 Nov. 2023
• If the sun is setting on Facebook, then TikTok is dancing in the moonlight.
  — Laura Forman, WSJ, 13 May 2022
• Hatchling sea turtles find their way to the Gulf waters by moonlight or starlight.
  — al, 3 June 2021
• That tint is caused by the moonlight scattering through the Earth’s atmosphere much in the same way a sunset turns red.
  — Dean Regas, The Enquirer, 7 July 2022

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moonlight

2 of 2 verb

• She is a secretary who moonlights as a waitress on weekends.
• Tannat The chef, who moonlights as a street artist, cut his teeth in the kitchens of Le Bristol.
  — Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Mar. 2018
• Her next project will be starring in Hit Man, a film based on the true story of a Texas cop who moonlights as a hitman.
  — Keith Langston, Peoplemag, 22 Aug. 2023
• In the evening, Win Son Bakery moonlights as a restaurant, with counter service and cocktails.
  — Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2019
• This plant stand can also moonlight as a shelving unique.
  — Quincy Bulin, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 May 2023
• How about, idk, a world-famous pop star who dabbles in acting and moonlights as the best thing about the Met Gala every year?
  — Kayleigh Roberts, Marie Claire, 15 June 2019
• Enter Lili Reinhart, and an evening-ready updo that moonlights as a trompe l'oeil chop.
  — Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 15 Nov. 2019
• The Funk Brothers, who were moonlighting with Brunswick Records to make some extra cash.
  — cleveland, 4 Mar. 2020
• Exercise that moonlights as a chance to test-drive a high-impact new beauty look?
  — Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 28 Mar. 2018
• At the time of the murder, Mack was moonlighting as a bodyguard for Suge Knight and was arrested for bank robbery that same year.
  — Alex Heigl, PEOPLE.com, 11 Dec. 2019
• But the Theodore linebacker has been impressive with the ball in his hands – moonlighting as a runner -- this season.
  — al, 13 Oct. 2019
• With Gatton on banjo, the trio — best known as a rock-and-roll unit — moonlighted as a bluegrass band with singer Liz Meyer.
  — Terence McArdle, Washington Post, 27 Jan. 2018
• The center will house a library, a healing arts space, a workshop space and will moonlight as a performance venue.
  — Kaitlin McCallum, courant.com, 4 Sep. 2019
• Dwelley has been moonlighting at fullback the past four games in place of Kyle Juszczyk, but Juszczyk will return to action Monday.
  — Eric Branch, SFChronicle.com, 9 Nov. 2019
• Marissa Teator, who moonlights as a zookeeper in Millbrook, said.
  — Micah Hauser, The New Yorker, 22 July 2019
• In his early years on Capitol Hill as a staffer, Ryan moonlights as a waiter and fitness trainer.
  — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2018
• Warning would moonlight as a composer for small games, joining up with PIGSquad in 2014.
  — Eder Campuzano, OregonLive.com, 6 Feb. 2018
• Tucker could fill a number of holes on the Sixers as a low-usage three-and-D forward who can moonlight as a small-ball 5 in short doses.
  — Bryan Toporek, Forbes, 25 June 2022
• But he was intrigued by the possibility of moonlighting for the Qataris.
  — Nate Jones, Washington Post, 6 Feb. 2024
• And then there is the military, where increasing numbers of soldiers are moonlighting to pay the bills.
  — Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2024
• Mizrahi has been moonlighting as a part-time nightclub entertainer since the late ’80s.
  — Maria Ward, Vogue, 7 Feb. 2018
• This mid-’90s disaster is based on a comic book series of the same name that follows a bar owner who moonlights as a bounty hunter.
  — cleveland.com, 15 Feb. 2018
• There’s a bit of gray area with the nomenclature, but these masks also moonlight as overnight moisturizers.
  — Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 15 Aug. 2021
• Kate Hudson and Glen Powell are movie stars who moonlight as drinking buddies.
  — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 13 Dec. 2022
• Abu-Jamal, who moonlighted as a cab driver, came upon the scene and was found shot and wounded in the aftermath nearby.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Sep. 2019
• The wife of a pharmacist who moonlights as an interpreter says that her husband is constantly getting calls from the border in the middle of the night.
  — Rachel Nolan, The New Yorker, 30 Dec. 2019
• An events planner, his pay cut by four-fifths, now moonlights as a takeout delivery driver — and can no longer afford to eat out.
  — Keith Bradsher, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2020
• Longtime resident Patrick Brady is a handyman who moonlights as a snake (and other creepy-crawly) wrangler.
  — Pomerado News, 15 Aug. 2019
• This drying rack can also moonlight as a display stand for storage on open shelves and countertops.
  — Popular Science, 14 Sep. 2020
• Predictably, the insults set off fans of the Academy Award-winning performer, who moonlights as one of Trump’s biggest critics.
  — Washington Post, 5 June 2019

Last Updated: 3 May 2024