liminal

He did this to explore the ideas of liminal space and time.

But she had a wonderful quality of being poised between child and woman, that great liminal state.

They occupy a liminal space between this world and the afterlife.

Glad to see someone's still got their iEyes on the liminal world.

Although he is out of prison Cook still lives in a perpetually liminal state.

In extreme cases, he may be a liminal being, such as Merlin, who was only half human.

He describes the fantastic as being a liminal state of the supernatural.

Customs such as fortune-telling take advantage of this liminal state.

A liminal being is one that cannot be easily placed into a single category of existence.

The ballcourt becomes a place of transition, a liminal stage between life and death.

Where the Quarter days are held to mark the change in seasons, they also are liminal times.

The congregation is transformed in the liminal space and as they exit, are sent out back into the world to serve.

Janus was faithful to his liminal role also in the marking of this last act.

She discusses liminal space, different kinds of time and, of course, her own writing.

She exists in a liminal state where she neither dead nor alive.

This interpretation too would befit the liminal nature of Janus.

Instead, at that stage he was an investigator of the politics of the liminal types.

In such cases, liminal situations can become dangerous.

Ms. Turkle calls this a "liminal" moment in technology, when anything can happen.

As with many liminal beings, the onocentaur's nature is one of conflict between its human and animal components.

Liminal beings are naturally ambiguous, challenging the cultural networks of social classification.

Ackerman explains this as a case of liminal, viz.

In this section of the novel, Lilith's role as a liminal character fully presents itself.

"It's in a liminal state of acceptance here.