often attributive
1
: the light from the sky between full night and sunrise or between sunset and full night produced by diffusion of sunlight through the atmosphere and its dust
also
: a time of twilight
2
a
: an intermediate state that is not clearly defined
lived in the twilight of neutrality—
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b
: a period of decline
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Examples of twilight in a Sentence
The sun set and twilight fell.
stumbled around the twilight of the shuttered room, unable to see where she was going
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Rodgers, at the age of 40 and looking every bit like it this season, is clearly in the twilight of his career.
—Jesse Reed, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Instead, these locations experience polar twilight as their brightest periods during this season, which replaces their daylight.
—Cecilia Blomdahl, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Oct. 2024
Among the other notable projects that earned the right to pitch at IDFA Forum is one that draws on archive from the twilight of the Soviet Union.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2024
The album amalgamates this twilight mood into a cohesive, moody, sometimes melancholic, often achingly pretty 34 minutes of music.
—Katie Bain, Billboard, 1 Nov. 2024
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Jesse Reed, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Instead, these locations experience polar twilight as their brightest periods during this season, which replaces their daylight.
—Cecilia Blomdahl, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Oct. 2024
Among the other notable projects that earned the right to pitch at IDFA Forum is one that draws on archive from the twilight of the Soviet Union.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2024
The album amalgamates this twilight mood into a cohesive, moody, sometimes melancholic, often achingly pretty 34 minutes of music.
—Katie Bain, Billboard, 1 Nov. 2024
See all Example Sentences for twilight
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“Twilight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/twilight. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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twilight
noun
twi·light
ˈtwī-ˌlīt 
: the period or the light from the sky between full night and sunrise or between sunset and full night
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