How to Use twilight in a Sentence

twilight

noun
  • The sun set and twilight fell.
  • The trees, the meadow, the valley, the hills, the twilight, all of it.
    Karl Ove Knausgaard, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2018
  • In twilight, the bear comes face-to-face with a pack of wolves.
    National Geographic, 12 Jan. 2023
  • Slowly, like ghosts from the twilight, the field emerged just past the top of the stretch.
    Tim Layden, SI.com, 19 May 2018
  • And port and a good cigar in the twilight and quiet to smoke it in.
    John Kass, chicagotribune.com, 29 June 2018
  • And the Heat turned to Wade, back in South Beach for the twilight of his career.
    Scott Cacciola, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2018
  • Yet today, in the twilight of the decade, the picture is cheerier.
    The Economist, 14 Nov. 2019
  • Standing in the twilight as the cows grazed on dirty hay, the air felt still and silent.
    Louisa Loveluck and Mustafa Salim, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Oct. 2021
  • What happens when twilight is in the middle of the day?
    Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Apr. 2024
  • The device is $99.99 and comes in a new twilight blue shade.
    Jacob Krol, CNN Underscored, 25 Sep. 2019
  • Games, a twilight hike and s’mores around the campfire are planned.
    Michelle Mullins, chicagotribune.com, 4 Sep. 2020
  • But even the sure-bet shows are iffy in this fearful maybe-twilight of the virus.
    Helen Shaw, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2021
  • The sound of a single gunshot tore through the twilight.
    oregonlive, 26 Dec. 2019
  • Read Michael Schulman on the rise—and maybe the twilight—of prestige TV.
    Robin Wright, New Yorker, 14 May 2025
  • The film sounds earnest and touching in a minor, twilight-of-the-’60s way.
    chicagotribune.com, 24 July 2019
  • That night, Jupiter will be the brightest thing at twilight.
    Marisol Chávez, Dallas News, 21 Dec. 2020
  • Get on the water at sunset or twilight for the best views.
    Jill K. Robinson, AFAR Media, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Early risers can catch the moon and Venus in the morning twilight of Sept. 11 and 12.
    Geoff Chester, Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Both are nearly 70 years old and in the twilight of their careers.
    Mike Bianchi, OrlandoSentinel.com, 13 Mar. 2018
  • So, are the tech leviathans entering the twilight at last?
    Larry Light, Fortune, 28 Jan. 2022
  • Glad to enjoy a win in the twilight of the Ovi era with some beautiful goals from the big man.
    Arpon Basu, New York Times, 1 May 2025
  • Raman, on the other hand, was at the twilight of his career when the show closed.
    Meg Bernhard, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2022
  • Music started and beat on into the twilight; the shadows stretched from the roots of the trees.
    Lauren Groff, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2024
  • 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, 12 Feb. 2018
  • The day wound down around 6:30, as twilight approached.
    Margaret Mary Finlan, Philly.com, 25 May 2018
  • Serra looks out to where the waves break over the twilight reef with a dull and constant roar, like the engine of the world.
    J. B. MacKinnon, The Atlantic, 19 Mar. 2020
  • Or the twilight of Chicago as a place that still holds secrets?
    Christopher Borrelli, chicagotribune.com, 1 May 2018
  • The Sheep Meadow at twilight: silvery light, wet leaves on the grass.
    EW.com, 17 Dec. 2021
  • That opens the door to some high-profile players in the twilight of their career.
    NBC News, 29 July 2024
  • Outdoor rooms unfurl beside their canopy—terraces for twilight suppers, a future pool deck pitched toward the lake breeze.
    Spencer Elliott, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025

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