the gloaming

noun

literary
: the low light that is seen in the evening as the sun sets
Fireflies twinkled in the gloaming.

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“The gloaming.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20gloaming. Accessed 1 Jun. 2023.

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