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
  • Every night after dusk, one of the world’s largest migrations begins, as deep sea creatures rise to the surface to feed.
    New York Times, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • After Kibaki’s victory was declared, the president was inaugurated in a strange dusk ceremony that infuriated Odinga’s camp.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Movies will start 15 minutes after sunset.
    Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Her mother, Kris Jenner, picks her up in a black convertible, and the pair drive off into the sunset.
    Thania Garcia, Variety, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Wyeth hadn’t gotten the exposure right, and greasy shadows overwhelmed almost all the fine detail in the boy’s image.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2025
  • So watch the video carefully and try to catch the signs of unnatural eye movements, lip-sync issues, weird lighting, shadows and voice inconsistencies.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • With Thursday night's loss to the Bengals, Mike Tomlin and the Steelers are now 4-2 on the season.
    Matt Audilet, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Oct. 2025
  • That same night, Clarkson's The Kelly Clarkson Show won in the Outstanding Daytime Talk Series category.
    Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • For those ready to answer the call of the living dark, the underground world waits, patient, mysterious, and transformative as ever.
    Heide Brandes, AFAR Media, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Head to Amazon for more ways to keep your outdoor spaces shining, and read on for more of our favorite lights to brighten driveways and walkways after dark.
    Toni Sutton, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The innovative lineup features purses with knotted rope details, a bag shaped like a sailor collar and a laptop bag with magnetic closures that transforms into a pouch for evening.
    Alex Wynne, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Approximately 50 people gathered Sunday evening to celebrate the life and upcoming birthday of Keiairra Travis after a hit-and-run killed her early Saturday morning.
    Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 13 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Smoke and blackness enfolded him.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Passengers experience a few minutes of weightlessness and get to see Earth against the blackness of space.
    Mike Wall, Space.com, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In the black-and-white shot Earth is hanging in the pearly glow of the Martian twilight, the hilly horizon silhouetted at the bottom.
    Phil Plait, Scientific American, 9 Oct. 2025
  • But many attendees simply want to capture the fruits of Yamamoto’s twilight years before his eventual retirement, which is sure to leave a gaping void in fashion.
    Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025

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“Gloaming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gloaming. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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