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
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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The twilight tributes included Pete Seeger The Power of Song (2007), an irresistible hagiography directed by Jim Brown for PBS’s American Master series.
—Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Feb. 2025
These stars appear in that order, as the twilight sky grows dark.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 17 Feb. 2025
There’s a twilight canoe outing on Bow River for a quintessential Canadian moment, white water rafting that ends with a night in Anishinaabe-style tepees, excursions on float planes, and even a day of wine tasting in the Okanagan valley.
—Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 12 Feb. 2025
The passage of time itself, from twilight to dawn, is the movie’s main through-line, energized by the dramatic changes that a night of love can wreak.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 11 Feb. 2025
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Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Feb. 2025
These stars appear in that order, as the twilight sky grows dark.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 17 Feb. 2025
There’s a twilight canoe outing on Bow River for a quintessential Canadian moment, white water rafting that ends with a night in Anishinaabe-style tepees, excursions on float planes, and even a day of wine tasting in the Okanagan valley.
—Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 12 Feb. 2025
The passage of time itself, from twilight to dawn, is the movie’s main through-line, energized by the dramatic changes that a night of love can wreak.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 11 Feb. 2025
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 3 Mar. 2025.
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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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