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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Later, Greengrass will highlight the gunman’s fate — a closed cell in artificial light — while the survivors are outside in twilight, the camera spinning 360-degreees to show the glorious Norwegian snowy landscape. — Mark Kennedy, The Seattle Times, "’22 July’: a powerful dramatization on 2011 Norwegian massacre," 9 Oct. 2018 For that fleeting few hours, Fairbanks experienced civil twilight, when the sun bobbed less than 6 degrees below the northern horizon. — Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, "What it’s like to run circles for 24 hours around the land of no night," 9 June 2018 And the Heat turned to Wade, back in South Beach for the twilight of his career. — Scott Cacciola, New York Times, "Throwing it Back, Miami’s Dwyane Wade Takes the 76ers to School," 17 Apr. 2018 In a remote outpost in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, Ibrahim Abu-Sefira watches a mountainous skyline of jagged rock, ears tuned to the twilight silence, listening for any signs a fragile peace may be disturbed. — Brian Rohan, Fox News, "Egypt arming Sinai tribesmen in fight against Islamic State," 27 Sep. 2018 Her lids were painted a gradient of pink and orange — accessorized with extra long lashes, natch — that looked just like the night sky at twilight. — Zoë Weiner, Teen Vogue, "Cardi B Wore Silver Hair and Sunset-Colored Makeup," 14 Nov. 2018 Yet those who interpreted the colt’s progressively shrinking margins as a sign of his vulnerability were forced to reevaluate as twilight descended on the scene. — Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal, "Triple Crown winner Justify makes it look easy in Belmont victory," 9 June 2018 The day wound down around 6:30, as twilight approached. — Margaret Mary Finlan, Philly.com, "Personal Journey: The Green of Augusta," 25 May 2018 The dinner ended, the last of the wine sipped, the summer twilight turned to dark night, and the plan was set in motion. — Lillian Cunningham, Washington Post, "The Constitutional podcast finale: ‘Ourselves and our posterity’," 12 Feb. 2018

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