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Moonless in a sentence

Moonless meaning

  1. During which no phase of the Moon is visible to provide light, whether because of cloud cover or because of a new moon.
  2. Having no natural satellite.

Synonyms of Moonless

moonlit

Related words

Other words often associated with Moonless or its synonyms:

moony

Using Moonless

  • The main meaning on this page is: During which no phase of the Moon is visible to provide light, whether because of cloud cover or because of a new moon. | Having no natural satellite.
  • Useful related words include: moonlit.
  • In the example corpus, moonless often appears in combinations such as: on moonless, moonless sky, moonless nights.

Context around Moonless

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 19.6 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 6 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 8 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

cloudy 1×

Often after:

sky 2× nights 2× night 2× shore 1×

Sentence patterns with Moonless

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

fog on moonless nights in 1× for a moonless and cloudless 1× here on moonless nights 1× in a moonless sky or 1× of a moonless night aided 1× on a moonless night the 1× on the moonless shore during 1× sky was moonless but the 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

an artificial horizon 1× clouds at night 1× helzephyrs around hypocrite 1× it receives a 1× method three the 1× northumberland dark sky 1×

Common sentence endings:

aided furtive movement 1× by the moon 1× cloudy moonless sky 1× lakeshore is deserted 1× on moonless nights 1× orange streetlights above 1×

Words around Moonless

Just before it in the word index:

moonlake 4 moonkin 2 mooning 5 moonilal 5 moonika 2 moonies 7

Just after it in the word index:

moonlet 2 moonlets 2 moonlight 134 moonlighted 3 moonlighter 2 moonlighting 23

Similar in corpus frequency:

aakash 12 aanholt 12 aardwolf 12 abadan 12 abati 12 abcc 12

Corpus analysis for Moonless

  • In this selection, "moonless" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 19.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, cloudy, sky, nights and night stand out and add context to how "moonless" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include fog on moonless nights in and for a moonless and cloudless. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "moonless" sits close to words such as aakash, aanholt and aardwolf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with moonless

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

The darkness of a moonless night aided furtive movement. (9 words)

Helzephyrs around Hypocrite Hill on the Moonless Shore during nighttime. (10 words)

Otherwise, “it was really pitch black,” he said, recalling the cloudy, moonless sky. (13 words)

Longer example sentences

An artificial horizon is useful when the horizon is invisible, as occurs in fog, on moonless nights, in a calm, when sighting through a window or on land surrounded by trees or buildings. (33 words)

Method three: The Magellanic Clouds The third method is best for a moonless and cloudless night as it uses two faint 'clouds' in the southern sky. (26 words)

Northumberland Dark Sky Park has been ranked in 1st place by Jessops - did you know you can see the Milky Way here on “moonless” nights? (25 words)

Question examples

Northumberland Dark Sky Park has been ranked in 1st place by Jessops - did you know you can see the Milky Way here on “moonless” nights? (25 words)

Example sentences (9)

Otherwise, “it was really pitch black,” he said, recalling the cloudy, moonless sky.

Helzephyrs around Hypocrite Hill on the Moonless Shore during nighttime.

Northumberland Dark Sky Park has been ranked in 1st place by Jessops - did you know you can see the Milky Way here on “moonless” nights?

It receives a great many visitors in August, but around midnight on a moonless night, the lakeshore is deserted.

The sky was moonless, but the crash site on Mill Avenue south of Curry Road lit up from the orange streetlights above.

An artificial horizon is useful when the horizon is invisible, as occurs in fog, on moonless nights, in a calm, when sighting through a window or on land surrounded by trees or buildings.

Clouds at night are black or dark grey in a moonless sky, or whitish when illuminated by the moon.

Method three: The Magellanic Clouds The third method is best for a moonless and cloudless night as it uses two faint 'clouds' in the southern sky.

The darkness of a moonless night aided furtive movement.

Common combinations with moonless

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "moonless" in a sentence?
An example: "Otherwise, “it was really pitch black,” he said, recalling the cloudy, moonless sky." This page contains 9 example sentences with the word "moonless" from authentic English texts.
What does "moonless" mean?
Moonless means: During which no phase of the Moon is visible to provide light, whether because of cloud cover or because of a new moon.
What are synonyms of "moonless"?
Common synonyms of "moonless" include: moonlit.
How many example sentences with "moonless" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 9 example sentences with "moonless", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.