duskiness

Definition of duskinessnext

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for duskiness
Noun
  • One hour becomes two, two become three, my mind straining for answers in the blackness.
    Rowan Jacobsen, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Smoke and blackness enfolded him.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • From its first painterly images, of the face of Meryl Streep, sad and tender and lovely in the semidarkness, the film declares its artistry, its sensitivity and its theme.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2023
  • She [Daria] looks at me and smiles in the semidarkness, a calm, shy smile, full of love.
    Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 3 Dec. 2021
Noun
  • His gloominess seemed to make no sense.
    Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 25 Oct. 2025
  • While most of the central bank’s policymakers still see inflation as a bigger threat than the jobs market — whose weakening may be more driven by slower immigration than corporate gloominess — there’s little consensus on the path forward, according to the September minutes released Wednesday.
    Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Why, then, the unrelenting economic gloom?
    David Goldman, CNN Money, 6 Jan. 2026
  • But despite all the gloom, there are reasons for optimism.
    Wayne Winegarden, Oc Register, 4 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Despite the murkiness of the water, Chris jumped in to swim.
    Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 9 Jan. 2026
  • That’s the murkiness that makes any grand statement about the previous 17 games difficult.
    Alec Lewis, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • This has empowered the external opposition, growing out of Iran’s large diaspora and pulling figures such as Pahlavi out of relative obscurity.
    Tamara Qiblawi, CNN Money, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Other aldermen also emerged from relative obscurity as the council flexed muscles always institutionally available but rarely employed.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 4 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • No surprise, then, that this is a fairly respectful rendition, upping the spectacle but staying true to the somberness of Shelley’s cautionary tale.
    Tim Grierson, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2025
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“Duskiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/duskiness. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.

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