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
Synonyms
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
The colors of the forest transformed from a gloomy twilight to a vibrant wave of oranges and yellows.
—Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 16 Apr. 2024
With Thompson entering the twilight of his career, the Panthers should look to find his eventual replacement sooner rather than later.
—Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 15 Apr. 2024
The sky will suddenly be cast in twilight, the sun appearing as a radiant, pearl-white ring.
—Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2024
In their twilight, the Greatest Generation, especially the Rosies, are finding fame
A representative of the American Rosie the Riveter Association Michigan Willow Run Chapter will attend the celebration and a special Rosie Drill Team cheer will be performed to honor Bandyke.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 27 Mar. 2024
During totality on April 8, skies will darken to a level resembling twilight, making some bright objects visible at a time they normally would be obscured by the sun.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Mar. 2024
But it had already been tamed and polished for suburbanites, with cruise control and air conditioning, by 1994, when O.J. Simpson cowered in the back of one, a handgun to his temple, as patrol cars followed it for about two hours in the California twilight.
—Ben Finley, Quartz, 13 Apr. 2024
The actual moment when the disk of the moon locked into place brought on a collective gasp and shout, and then beneath the darkness, along the horizon line from Canada down to Ticonderoga, there appeared a blessed twilight, a rim of impossible sunset.
—Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 9 Apr. 2024
The resulting twilight, with only the sun’s outer atmosphere or corona visible, would be long enough for birds and other animals to fall silent, and for planets, stars and maybe even a comet to pop out.
—Marcia Dunn, Twin Cities, 7 Apr. 2024
Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 16 Apr. 2024
With Thompson entering the twilight of his career, the Panthers should look to find his eventual replacement sooner rather than later.
—Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 15 Apr. 2024
The sky will suddenly be cast in twilight, the sun appearing as a radiant, pearl-white ring.
—Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2024
In their twilight, the Greatest Generation, especially the Rosies, are finding fame
A representative of the American Rosie the Riveter Association Michigan Willow Run Chapter will attend the celebration and a special Rosie Drill Team cheer will be performed to honor Bandyke.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 27 Mar. 2024
During totality on April 8, skies will darken to a level resembling twilight, making some bright objects visible at a time they normally would be obscured by the sun.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Mar. 2024
But it had already been tamed and polished for suburbanites, with cruise control and air conditioning, by 1994, when O.J. Simpson cowered in the back of one, a handgun to his temple, as patrol cars followed it for about two hours in the California twilight.
—Ben Finley, Quartz, 13 Apr. 2024
The actual moment when the disk of the moon locked into place brought on a collective gasp and shout, and then beneath the darkness, along the horizon line from Canada down to Ticonderoga, there appeared a blessed twilight, a rim of impossible sunset.
—Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 9 Apr. 2024
The resulting twilight, with only the sun’s outer atmosphere or corona visible, would be long enough for birds and other animals to fall silent, and for planets, stars and maybe even a comet to pop out.
—Marcia Dunn, Twin Cities, 7 Apr. 2024
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“Twilight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/twilight. Accessed 28 Apr. 2024.
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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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