twilight
the time of day immediately following sunset
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,984 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 5,480 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- the time of day immediately following sunset also: dusk, gloaming, gloam, nightfall, evenfall, fall he loved the twilightthey finished before the fall of night
- the diffused light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon but its rays are refracted by the atmosphere of the earth
- a condition of decline following successes in the twilight of the empire
adjective
- lighted by or as if by twilight also: dusky, twilit The dusky night rides down the sky/And ushers in the mornthe twilight glow of the sky
twilight in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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And sure enough, there was Jurgen's wife walking in the twilight and muttering incessantly.
Jurgen: A Comedy of Justice · James Branch Cabell · Chapter 1
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Then the old man turned with a face of apoplectic terror dimly showing in the twilight.
The Club of Queer Trades · G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton · Chapter 1
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The cheerful milkmaid takes her stool, And sits and milks in the twilight cool, Saying, “So! so, boss! so! so!”
Poems Every Child Should Know · Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth) [Editor] Burt · Chapter 1
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Against the prevailing twilight of the surrounding forest it descended like a halo, and where it struck the ground John Cardigan paused.
The Valley of the Giants · Peter B. (Peter Bernard) Kyne · Chapter 1
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At last a dozen more he drew-- (Fine-drawing 'twas to him!) But day past by--and twilight came, All objects soon grew dim.
Sketches by Seymour — Volume 04 · Robert Seymour · Chapter 1