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
Synonyms
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
Recent Examples on the Web
Roberto Clemente went 0-for-6 in the Southern California twilight.
—Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 19 June 2024
Although many people in the U.S. have centered their working lives around the goal of retiring before their twilight years—possibly in a beachside town in the tropics—many are staying in the workforce longer, for better or worse.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 18 June 2024
As twilight arrived on New Year’s Eve, laughter and revelry echoed from bars.
—Ryan M. Moser, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Apr. 2024
As birds slowed their songs, crickets filled the false twilight with their chirping.
—Maya Silver, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Apr. 2024
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Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 19 June 2024
Although many people in the U.S. have centered their working lives around the goal of retiring before their twilight years—possibly in a beachside town in the tropics—many are staying in the workforce longer, for better or worse.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 18 June 2024
As twilight arrived on New Year’s Eve, laughter and revelry echoed from bars.
—Ryan M. Moser, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Apr. 2024
As birds slowed their songs, crickets filled the false twilight with their chirping.
—Maya Silver, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Apr. 2024
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“Twilight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/twilight. Accessed 7 Jul. 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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