often attributive
1
: the light from the sky between full night and sunrise or between sunset and full night produced by diffusion of sunlight through the atmosphere and its dust
also
: a time of twilight
2
a
: an intermediate state that is not clearly defined
lived in the twilight of neutrality—
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b
: a period of decline
Examples of twilight in a Sentence
The sun set and twilight fell.
stumbled around the twilight of the shuttered room, unable to see where she was going
Recent Examples on the Web
Russian defenses stretched for miles, forcing sapper teams to crawl on their stomachs at twilight to spot and disarm mines under enemy drone surveillance and artillery fire.
—David Kirichenko, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Even at age 33, approaching the twilight of his career, Ali was electromagnetic, drawing the crowd to its feet and polarizing its constituents all at once.
—Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
In challenging the 80-year-old incumbent, Vang hopes to channel frustration from young and progressive voters with establishment Democrats who serve for decades and into their twilight years.
—Nicole Nixon, Sacbee.com, 16 Sep. 2025
At the start of the summer season, in June, the brightest stars of Gemini the Twins, Pollux and Castor appear side by side low in the northwest twilight, bringing up the rear of the winter stellar procession in much the same way as the twin marker lights on a caboose bring up the rear of a train.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 15 Sep. 2025
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David Kirichenko, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Even at age 33, approaching the twilight of his career, Ali was electromagnetic, drawing the crowd to its feet and polarizing its constituents all at once.
—Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
In challenging the 80-year-old incumbent, Vang hopes to channel frustration from young and progressive voters with establishment Democrats who serve for decades and into their twilight years.
—Nicole Nixon, Sacbee.com, 16 Sep. 2025
At the start of the summer season, in June, the brightest stars of Gemini the Twins, Pollux and Castor appear side by side low in the northwest twilight, bringing up the rear of the winter stellar procession in much the same way as the twin marker lights on a caboose bring up the rear of a train.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 15 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for twilight
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“Twilight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/twilight. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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twilight
noun
twi·light
ˈtwī-ˌlīt 
: the period or the light from the sky between full night and sunrise or between sunset and full night
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