twilight

noun, often attributive

twi·light | \ ˈtwī-ˌlīt

Definition of twilight

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

2a : an intermediate state that is not clearly defined lived in the twilight of neutrality — Newsweek

b : a period of decline

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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

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Filin is designed to work at twilight and night time, creating fast pulses of bright light that dazzle and disorient onlookers. — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, "The Russian Navy Is Fitting Ships with Barf-Inducing Lights," 4 Feb. 2019 In this saddest of all songs, the suns sinks, the flowers grow pale in the twilight, the world sleeps and a friend departs, for ever and ever. — Mark Swed, latimes.com, "Mahler's 'Song of the Earth' and sky and sea, the L.A. Phil way," 6 Apr. 2018 Most of the books take place in the prolonged twilight of the 1930s, when war loomed like a distant thunderhead. — Sam Sacks, WSJ, "Fiction: A Memorial Tablet in Viale Cavour," 21 Dec. 2018 Evenings were spent sitting on my wood balcony with a glass of Bavarian chardonnay, waiting for the cool night air and inky twilight to fill the valley. — Adam H. Graham, Condé Nast Traveler, "The Perfect Long Weekend in Bavaria," 17 Sep. 2018 The part-time package handlers will work one of four 3.5 to 5 hour shifts — a sunrise, day, twilight or overnight shift. — Kelly Yamanouchi, ajc, "UPS hiring thousands of workers for massive hub on westside of Atlanta," 11 July 2018 To put the current costs of play in perspective, back in 2005 there was a flat rate of $145 a round with no discounts for twilight or winter play. — Brent Kennedy, The Aegis, "Bulle Rock Golf Course," 25 May 2018 And then, Simons and Calvin Klein announced their surprise breakup in the twilight hours of 2018, leaving the fashion world stunned that Simons’s great American fashion experiment was over. — Steff Yotka, Vogue, "The Post-Raf Changes Begin at Calvin Klein," 11 Jan. 2019 The twilight of the IC engine is pretty awful, actually. — Dan Neil, WSJ, "Think Electric Vehicles Are Great Now? Just Wait...," 26 Dec. 2018

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