gloaming

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Recent Examples of gloaming Perhaps swallow-tail bee-eaters, Africa openbill storks, and Burchell’s starlings, their stunning plumage flashing blue-green in the pink-gold gloaming: such sightings lend instant credence to the adage that Africa will make a birder out of anyone. Alexandra Kirkman, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025 There is an excellent chance that one of the world’s two best golfers will be sliding his arms into a green jacket in the sweet gloaming of Sunday evening just outside the Augusta National clubhouse. Jason Sobel, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025 Just across the street was a second landfill, belonging to a Texas company called Weeks Environmental, whose own black mountain—nearly ten million additional barrels of waste—rose into the Texas gloaming. Justin Nobel, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025 So imagine everyone’s delight when Bennifer reemerged from the gloaming after Lopez split with fiance Alex Rodriguez. Travis M. Andrews, Washington Post, 17 July 2022 The game down on the field seems to be played in the gloaming. Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Jan. 2022 The bar shares an appetizer menu with the restaurant; in the gloaming, the seafood towers sparkle. The New Yorker, 6 Aug. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gloaming
Noun
  • To reduce the risk of mosquito bites and West Nile virus, health officials recommend using insect repellent and wearing long sleeves and long pants when outdoors, especially during peak mosquito activity at dawn and dusk.
    Caroline Neal, Louisville Courier Journal, 2 Oct. 2025
  • As dusk fell, small frogs were found near the mouths of caves as water flowed from their rocky openings, researchers said.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • It must be finished before sunset and is supposed to build up each person’s strength before the stretch of fasting.
    Krys'tal Griffin, Freep.com, 2 Oct. 2025
  • At this point, Disney has not set a sunset date for the Hulu app.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • If dogs are our servants, cats are our shadows.
    Rebecca van Laer September 30, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The shadows will make things difficult, as could the wind.
    Sahadev Sharma, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Lionel Messi and Inter Miami honored Sergio Busquets’ legendary career on Saturday night with a lopsided victory and postgame ceremony, but their Supporters’ Shield hopes simultaneously slipped away.
    Franco Panizo, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Florida, meanwhile, had an offensive explosion with 457 yards on a night when quarterback DJ Lagway and receiver Dallas Wilson — making his college debut after a foot injury sidelined the freshman prior to Saturday — showed off the upside the Gators have been waiting for.
    Grace Raynor, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Boaters can also camp on their boats, which is the perfect opportunity to stargaze after dark.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Inevitable, then, is the choice between light and dark, which is essential to connote the personality of the lipstick.
    Beatrice Zocchi, Vogue, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Authorities said during an evening briefing that two additional bodies were recovered at the church, adding to an earlier death toll of two.
    Joe Hernandez, NPR, 29 Sep. 2025
  • About 100 people gathered for a prayer service Sunday evening at The River Church in Grand Blanc, a nondenominational Christian church about 5 miles (8 kilometers) from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Passengers get to experience a few minutes of weightlessness and see Earth against the blackness of space.
    Mike Wall, Space.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Idle outside on a warm summer evening and let the inky blackness envelope you.
    Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Additionally, during winter, staff are mostly in darkness and experience only an hour or two of twilight each day.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 Sep. 2025
  • The mall fills up with crappy weed shops and keychain hawkers; underfunding means the maintenance slips; eventually, maybe, there’s a bankruptcy, followed by a long twilight as an eyesore.
    Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 24 Sep. 2025

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“Gloaming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gloaming. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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