twilight zone

noun

Updated on: 9 May 2018

Definition of twilight zone

1 a : an area just beyond ordinary legal and ethical limits

b : twilight 2a

2 : a world of fantasy or illusion

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Examples of twilight zone in a Sentence

a twilight zone between war and peace
He gets lost in the twilight zone of video games.

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The extra-long shower, a weirdly gripping Al Roker segment--don't fall into these twilight zones.

— Redbook, "How to Streamline Your Weekday Mornings, Start to Finish," 5 Sep. 2012
Others, from the twilight zone, bent their arms completely backward, as if looking up to gauge day or night.

— joanna klein, New York Times, "Starfish See Pretty Well in the Deep Ocean. By the Way, Starfish Have Eyes.," 7 Feb. 2018
December 18, 2017 Colin Kaepernick joining Diddy as a possible Co-Owner of the Panthers, where the current franchise QB basically said all lives matter not too long ago... Is the most comedic episode of the twilight zone ever.

— mark price, charlotteobserver, "The idea of Kaepernick replacing Cam Newton didn’t play well with Panthers fans," 19 Dec. 2017
And North Korea operates as a criminal enterprise, making money out of narcotics, currency counterfeiting and human trafficking—activities that exist in an international twilight zone.

— andrew browne, WSJ, "China Points Its Korea Rage South, Not North," 15 Sep. 2017

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