gloaming

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Recent Examples of gloaming 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 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 Tony Kemp hit an eighth-inning, two-run homer in the gloaming at the Oakland Coliseum Sunday to give the A’s a 3-1 win over the Yankees in a game that might wind up being the biggest win of the season for the A’s. Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Aug. 2021 The bar shares an appetizer menu with the restaurant; in the gloaming, the seafood towers sparkle. The New Yorker, 6 Aug. 2021 Queens in the gloaming, the sky a smear of pinks and purples. Dan Piepenbring, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gloaming
Noun
  • Some types of mosquitoes bite during the day, while others are more active at dusk and dawn.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 14 Apr. 2025
  • The art can be viewed each evening at dusk through Wednesday.
    Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 14 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The study looked at the size of a city’s single population, its nightlife, inclusivity (including LGBTQ+ friendliness), as well as sunset viewing conditions.
    Kaitlyn McInnis, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2025
  • Two days after confirming their relationship on Instagram, Hurley posted a video of her and Cyrus driving into the sunset in an open-window vehicle.
    Marina Watts, People.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • On Friday night in Green Bay, two defensive linemen with Sacramento-area roots had their named called in the second round of the NFL draft.
    Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 26 Apr. 2025
  • Game 3 on Friday night included 43 fouls and 35 turnovers, 21 by the Celtics against the harassing Magic defense.
    Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The lights and darks come preloaded with the drama of film noir, and stoke the mythology of Caravaggio as thuggish prodigy.
    Jason Farago, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
  • Gaga’s Mayhem didn’t end in tragedy: Both light and dark will always exist within Gaga.
    Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 12 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • While guests have gotten used to early and extended evening park access, those benefits are actually decided on annually and have been extended for next year.
    Eve Chen, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2025
  • The waterproof sandals are ideal for everything from an afternoon at the pool to a beach stroll to an evening dinner.
    Megan Schaltegger, Travel + Leisure, 21 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The text gets smaller and quieter in the next three panels, followed by three extraordinary solid panels of inky blackness.
    Art Spiegelman, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2025
  • In each image, a patch of purple with neon pink veins floats in the blackness of space, surrounded by flecks of light.
    Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 5 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Their paths crossed again when Slot returned to Zwolle in the twilight of his playing days after spells at NAC Breda and Sparta Rotterdam.
    James Pearce, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2025
  • The ostensible reason: Benedict didn’t want his physical deterioration to paralyze the church the way John Paul II’s Parkinson’s disease did during the twilight of a papacy that lasted more than a quarter of a century.
    Howard Chua-Eoan, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • That’s where the darkness comes in for her, and certainly her son.
    Hunter Ingram, Variety, 25 Apr. 2025
  • Put all those elements together, and the show remained fun and witty and insightful despite all of its darkness because viewers never got attached to any one character.
    Judy Berman, Time, 24 Apr. 2025

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“Gloaming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gloaming. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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