twilight zone

Frequency: 6.58.2 per million words

figurative; a situation or experience that is strange, mysterious, or unreal

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  • He felt like he was living in a twilight zone between truly living and merely existing.
  • Entering that old, abandoned house felt like stepping into a real twilight zone.
  • After the accident, he found himself in a twilight zone of confusion and memory loss.
  • The bureaucratic process was so convoluted, it felt like navigating a legal twilight zone.
  • Her dreams often blurred into a strange twilight zone where reality and fantasy merged.
  • Some argue that the internet's unregulated spaces have become a digital twilight zone.
  • The patient was in a medical twilight zone, neither fully conscious nor completely unconscious.
  • His theories delve into the twilight zone of quantum physics, where common sense often fails.
  • Moving to a new country can sometimes feel like living in a cultural twilight zone.
  • The unsettling silence of the empty town created a true twilight zone atmosphere.